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Jesus of Nazareth, called in Aramaic Joshua ben Joseph, is the subject of Part IV of The Urantia Book, the longest part of the text. The book presents him as the incarnation of Michael of Nebadon, the Creator Son of the local universe that contains Urantia, born “just as all other babies before and since except that this particular baby was the incarnation of Michael” 119:7.5. Urantia was the seventh and last of Michael’s bestowals, and the book says it was through this mortal life that he earned full sovereignty over Nebadon 119:8.1-2.

Part IV is framed as a restatement prepared by a commission of midwayers under a Melchizedek supervisor. It says it drew on the four Gospels, on a lost record by the Apostle Andrew, and on human thought gathered over the following centuries 121:8.1 121:8.12-14. Its narrative follows the Gospels at many points but differs from them often, and in places corrects them outright (see Comparison with the Gospels below).

Identity

The book insists that Jesus was one being, not two. “Christ Michael, while truly a dual-origin being, was not a double personality. He was not God in association with man but, rather, God incarnate in man” 120:4.2. It adds that he did not gradually become divine: “Jesus was God and man—always and even forevermore” 120:4.3. The supreme purpose of the bestowal, it says, was “to enhance the revelation of God” 120:4.4.

Before the incarnation Michael handed universe affairs to his elder brother Immanuel and to Gabriel 120:0.6. During the boyhood years, according to the book, Jesus’ awareness of his divine nature unfolded slowly, beginning with a visitation in Jerusalem in his thirteenth year 128:1.8, and he used no superhuman power before his baptism 128:1.3 128:1.9. The book records that he accepted the titles later given him except one: called Immanuel, he replied, “Not I, that is my elder brother” 128:1.11.

At his baptism, the book says, Jesus’ Thought Adjuster became a Personalized Adjuster and remained with him for the rest of his life 136:2.5. During the forty days that followed, Gabriel and the Most High of Edentia told him his sovereignty was complete and that he was free to end the incarnation whenever he chose 136:3.4-5. Urantia is described as “the sentimental shrine of all Nebadon” and the world where Michael was “a Son of Man in the likeness of mortal flesh, and the Planetary Prince of Urantia” 119:8.8.

Chronology

The book dates the life far more closely than the Gospels do. The main dates it gives are these.

Birth and childhood (7 B.C.–A.D. 7)

  • 8 B.C.: Mary and Joseph marry in March 122:7.1. Gabriel appears to Mary about the middle of November 122:2.6.
  • 21 August 7 B.C.: Jesus is born at noon in Bethlehem, in a room of the caravan stables below an overcrowded inn, and laid in a manger 122:7.7 122:8.1. The family had come south because Augustus’s census was taken in Herod’s kingdom that year 122:7.1.
  • Mid-October 6 B.C.: warned of Herod’s order to kill the boy babies of Bethlehem, the family flees to Alexandria the night before the massacre 122:10.3-4.
  • 4 B.C.: after two years in Egypt they land at Joppa in late August and return to Nazareth in October 123:0.4 123:0.6. Jesus is about three years and two months old 123:1.2.
  • February 2 B.C.: a Thought Adjuster comes to indwell him, one that had earlier served with Machiventa Melchizedek 123:2.1-2.
  • April A.D. 7: at his first Passover in Jerusalem he stays behind in the temple discussions for several days, until his parents find him 124:6.1 125:6.4-7.

The family years (A.D. 8–20)

On 25 September A.D. 8, Joseph was killed by a falling derrick at Sepphoris, and Jesus, then just past fourteen, became the support of his mother and siblings 126:2.1-2. The book describes years of financial struggle, a refusal to join the nationalist cause his mother and uncle urged on him 127:2.3 127:2.7-8, and a marriage proposal from Rebecca, the daughter of a wealthy Nazareth merchant, which he declined because of his duty to his family 127:5.1-3. By A.D. 11, Mary had come to see him as “the real head of the family” 127:3.13.

The “lost years” (A.D. 21–25)

The Gospels say almost nothing about Jesus between the age of twelve and his baptism. The book fills these years with work and travel:

  • January A.D. 21: he leaves Nazareth for good and works for about a year as a boatbuilder with Zebedee in Capernaum, where he is first called “the Master” 129:1.1-3 129:1.11.
  • 26 April A.D. 22 to 10 December A.D. 23: he tours the Roman world as tutor and interpreter for an Indian traveler, Gonod, and his son Ganid, visiting Alexandria, Crete, Carthage, Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Cyprus and Antioch, and parting from them at Charax on the Persian Gulf 130:0.1-3 130:0.5. His family believed he was studying in Alexandria; the book says only Zebedee knew of the journey 134:1.2.
  • April A.D. 24 to April A.D. 25: he conducts a caravan to the Caspian Sea region, which brought him into contact with every surviving race except the red 134:2.1 134:2.3 134:2.5.
  • August–September A.D. 25: he spends some six weeks alone on Mount Hermon. There, the book says, he met Satan and Caligastia in “the great temptation, the universe trial,” and “won the unquestioned sovereignty of his universe” 134:8.4 134:8.6 134:8.9 136:3.1.

Baptism and public ministry (A.D. 26–30)

  • 14 January A.D. 26: John the Baptist baptizes Jesus in the Jordan near Pella, with his brothers James and Jude 135:8.6. He is “almost thirty-one and one-half years old” 136:2.8. Forty days of retirement in the Perean hills follow 136:3.2.
  • February A.D. 26: rejoining John’s camp on 23 February, Jesus accepts Andrew and Simon Peter as the first apostles 137:0.1 137:1.1-3; soon after, at a wedding in Cana water becomes wine, much to Jesus’ own surprise 137:4.11-12.
  • 12 January A.D. 27: the twelve apostles are ordained 140:0.1, and a week later they set out on the public work 141:0.1.
  • Spring A.D. 29: a crisis in the Capernaum synagogue at the end of April 154:0.1 is followed on 8 May by a Sanhedrin decree closing the synagogues to Jesus, and on 22 May he flees Capernaum ahead of arrest 154:2.1 154:5.1.
  • August A.D. 29: Peter confesses him as “the Deliverer, the Son of the living God,” and six days later, on 15 August, the transfiguration takes place on Mount Hermon 157:3.5 158:1.1.
  • Late February–March A.D. 30: word of Lazarus’s illness reaches Jesus on 26 February 167:4.1; after Lazarus is raised the Sanhedrin formally resolves on Jesus’ death 168:3.2.
  • Sunday 2 April A.D. 30: having reached Bethany on Friday, 31 March, he rides into Jerusalem on a donkey 172:0.1 172:3.1 172:3.9.
  • Friday 7 April A.D. 30: arrested in the night, he is tried before the Sanhedrin, Pilate and Herod Antipas 185:0.1 185:4.1, crucified at Golgotha at about half past nine in the morning, and dies just before three in the afternoon 187:3.1 187:5.5.
  • Sunday 9 April A.D. 30: at two minutes past three in the morning, his “resurrected morontia form and personality” comes out of the tomb 189:1.1.
  • Thursday 18 May A.D. 30: after a series of morontia appearances, the last of them that morning 193:3.1, he takes leave of the eleven on the slope of Olivet and vanishes from their sight 193:5.1 193:5.3.

The book reckons that he lived on earth “almost thirty-six years” 189:1.2.

Family

Jesus was the eldest of nine children 126:2.2. The book gives a birth date for each of his siblings: James (2 April 3 B.C.) 123:1.5, Miriam (11 July 2 B.C.) 123:2.3, Joseph (16 March A.D. 1) 123:4.9, Simon (14 April A.D. 2) 123:6.7, Martha (13 September A.D. 3) 124:1.7, Jude (24 June A.D. 5) 124:3.4, Amos (9 January A.D. 7, who died in childhood) 124:5.2 127:3.13, and Ruth (17 April A.D. 9), born after Joseph’s death 126:3.2. The Gospels name four brothers and mention sisters Mt 13:55-56; Mk 6:3; the book treats all of them as the children of Joseph and Mary.

From his father, the book says, Jesus got “much of his unusual gentleness and marvelous sympathetic understanding of human nature”; from his mother, “his gift as a great teacher and his tremendous capacity for righteous indignation” 122:5.3. His family largely failed to understand his mission. Of all of them, “only one, Ruth, believed wholeheartedly and continuously” 154:6.1, and the book records that Joseph and Mary “lived and died without ever learning that their son Jesus really was the Universe Creator incarnate in mortal flesh” 124:4.4.

Appearance

The book gives no description of Jesus’ face, hair or eye color, though it says Joseph was “a black-eyed brunet” and Mary “a brown-eyed well-nigh blond type” 122:5.5. What it does say about him:

  • By sixteen he had reached full physical growth and was “a virile and comely youth.” “His eye was kind but searching; his smile was always engaging and reassuring. His voice was musical but authoritative; his greeting cordial but unaffected” 127:1.2.
  • He had “a healthy and well-proportioned body” and was a “physically strong and robust youth” 127:1.3.
  • As a man he was “one of the most robust and refined specimens of manhood to appear on earth since the days of Adam. His physical development was superb” 128:6.2.
  • He was a skilled carpenter, yoke-maker and boatbuilder, “a master at working with wood” 124:1.7 129:1.2-3.
  • At his trial Herod was “startled by his stately appearance and the calm composure of his countenance” 185:4.2.
  • At the crucifixion he wore sandals, a turban, a girdle and a cloak over “the tunic, or seamless vestment reaching down to near the knees” 187:2.8.
  • At the transfiguration, “Jesus’ face and form shone with the luminosity of a heavenly light” 158:1.8.
  • After the resurrection, those who knew him “had more or less difficulty in recognizing the morontia form” 190:2.3.

Teachings

The book reduces Jesus’ message to a pair of ideas. The kingdom of heaven, it says, “must begin with, and be centered in, the dual concept of the truth of the fatherhood of God and the correlated fact of the brotherhood of man” 170:2.1. It describes his religion as one of personal experience. He saw God as a loving Father 196:0.2, his faith “was wholly personal and purely spiritual” 196:0.1, and believers are urged not to imitate his outward life but “to share his faith; to trust God as he trusted God and to believe in men as he believed in men” 196:1.5. In teaching, the book says, he “invariably employed the positive form of exhortation” 127:4.2.

The book distinguishes this message sharply from what followed it. After Pentecost, it says, the apostles began to preach “a new gospel about Jesus” in place of “the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of men” 194:0.7. In its words, “Jesus founded the religion of personal experience in doing the will of God and serving the human brotherhood; Paul founded a religion in which the glorified Jesus became the object of worship” 196:2.6.

It also rejects the doctrine of atonement. According to the book, Jesus did not die “to atone for the racial guilt of mortal man,” and the idea that he offered himself “to appease the wrath of God” is called erroneous 188:4.1. Instead: “Moses taught the dignity and justice of a Creator God; but Jesus portrayed the love and mercy of a heavenly Father” 188:4.4.

Jesus never argued about either the fatherhood of God or the brotherhood of men; he was a living illustration of the one and a profound demonstration of the other.196:1.5

Comparison with the Gospels

Part IV gives its own account of where the Gospels came from. Mark is called “in reality the Gospel according to Simon Peter” 121:8.3. Matthew is said to have been written by a disciple named Isador in A.D. 71 121:8.5 121:8.7. Luke is described as “in some ways the Gospel according to Paul” 121:8.9, and John as the work of Nathan under John Zebedee’s direction 121:8.10. In the book’s judgment all four “presented honest pictures of Jesus” shaped by Paul’s theology 121:8.11. Some of its main agreements and departures:

Birth

  • Conception. Luke and Matthew describe a virgin birth Mt 1:18-25; Lk 1:26-38. The book says Jesus was “conceived and was born into the world just as all other babies” apart from the incarnation itself 119:7.5, and that the prophecy “a maiden shall bear a son” was later made to read “a virgin” 122:4.4 Is 7:14; Mt 1:22-23. Gabriel’s announcement to Mary was “the only event of supernatural occurrence” in her pregnancy 122:3.4.
  • Lineage. Both Gospel genealogies run through David Mt 1:1-16; Lk 3:23-38. The book says Joseph was not of David’s line, but was counted in the “house of David” through an ancestor’s adoption 122:4.3, and calls the later genealogies “not genuine” 122:4.4.
  • Shepherds and the star. Luke has angels appear to shepherds Lk 2:8-18. The book says the seraphim sang over the manger “not heard by human ears,” and that no shepherds came 122:8.5. Matthew’s wise men follow a star Mt 2:1-12. The book identifies them as three priests from Ur, sent to Bethlehem by Zacharias, and says they “saw no star.” The legend, it says, grew from conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn in 7 B.C. 122:8.6-7.
  • Agreements. Like Matthew, the book has a flight to Egypt and a massacre of infants, which it dates and limits to sixteen boys 122:10.3-4 Mt 2:13-16. Like Luke, it has the temple presentation with Simeon and Anna 122:9.2 Lk 2:25-38.

Youth

The episode of the boy in the temple matches Luke closely, including Mary’s rebuke and Jesus’ reply about his “Father’s business” 125:6.5 125:6.7 Lk 2:41-50. Beyond that, everything about Jesus’ young adulthood, from the family years and boatbuilding to the Mediterranean tour and the caravan, is material the Gospels lack.

Baptism and temptation

The baptism follows the Gospels, but the book identifies the voice from heaven as that of Jesus’ Personalized Adjuster 136:2.5 Mt 3:16-17; Mk 1:10-11; Lk 3:22. The bigger change is in the temptation. In the Gospels it follows the baptism, in the wilderness, during a forty-day fast Mt 4:1-11; Lk 4:1-13. In the book the great temptation came months earlier, on Mount Hermon 136:3.1, and the forty days after the baptism were spent in planning, not fasting: “Jesus did not go into retirement for the purpose of fasting” 136:3.3. The book also reconciles its date of A.D. 26 with Luke’s “fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar” by counting from Tiberius’s coregency 136:2.8 Lk 3:1.

Ministry

Many Gospel episodes appear, sometimes reinterpreted. The catch of fishes in Luke Lk 5:4-11 is “in no sense a miraculous draught,” just a fisherman’s knowledge of the lake 145:1.3. The walking on the water Mt 14:24-31; Mk 6:47-51 becomes a dream of Simon Peter’s 152:4.2-4. The feeding of the five thousand Mk 6:39-40; Jn 6:10 is treated as a real event worked “by supernatural energy” 152:3.1. Peter’s confession is kept Mt 16:16, but the book reads “upon this rock” as the rock of spiritual reality revealed in the confession, not as Peter himself 157:4.5. The figures at the transfiguration, whom Peter took to be Moses and Elijah Mt 17:3-4, were in the book’s account Gabriel and the Father Melchizedek 158:1.8.

Death and resurrection

The passion narrative follows the Gospels in outline, from the entry into Jerusalem Mt 21:7-9 to the spear in the side Jn 19:32-34 187:5.8. But the book denies that Jesus’ physical body rose. His “material or physical body was not a part of the resurrected personality” 189:1.7. The tomb was empty because, at the request of the celestial hosts, the body was dissolved almost instantly 189:2.7 Mt 28:6; Lk 24:3. The risen Jesus is said to have appeared in a morontia form like that of mortals waking on the first mansion world 189:1.9. The ascension of Acts Acts 1:9 is described as “in no way different from his other disappearances” during the forty days 193:5.3, after which he returned through Jerusem and Edentia to Salvington 193:5.4. The book adds a promise found in John, that “this same Jesus has promised sometime to return” 119:8.8 Jn 14:3.

Index of references

Physical description

  • Jesus possessed a well-nigh perfect physical and mental development, portraying a robust and attractive personality that combined both human and divine traits. 123:2.15 127:1.2-3 127:5.1 (128:6.2,11) 187:2.8
  • The erroneous pictures of Jesus have had a negative impact, as his true nature was dignified, dynamic, and focused on doing good rather than appearing mild and gentle. 141:3.6
  • Jesus' fascinating, authoritative voice captivated all who heard it at the temple. 125:5.1 127:1.2 154:6.5 162:6.2 183:3.5 190:2.3

Names or titles

Attitudes of Jesus

Attitudes toward Jesus

  • Only about 10% of those who attended the miracle of the loaves and the attempted coronation episode became followers of Jesus 152:5.2 152:6.2
  • Jesus' exquisite personality caused such admiration that when he was introduced, the exclamation was “Behold the man!” 100:7.1 186:2.11
  • The common people listened with great pleasure to his words 173:3.2 174:4.7 196:1.4
  • Even his enemies feared the well-poised presence of Jesus, who was uniquely unified in his divine enthusiasm and practicality. 100:7.4
  • Fear has hindered, not inability, from understanding Jesus throughout history. 156:2.4
  • Opinions concerning Jesus varied widely, from admiration to fear, but his controlled enthusiasm for the gospel of the kingdom inspired hope and confidence in those who encountered him. 100:7.12 137:8.18 141:7.8 149:2.13 149:3 154:4.1-5 157:3.5 162:1.10 162:2.2 162:6.4 165:2.11-12 166:1.6 172:3.15 185:3.6
  • The more we come to know Jesus, the more we love and follow after him as our faithful and unselfish friend, who embodies the ideal of human friendship and love even for sinners. 149:2.14 161:2.3
  • Thousands have proved the promises of Jesus to be true. 163:6.8
  • Even the Emperor Tiberius, upon meeting him, did not hesitate to admire Jesus' regal bearing and affable manners. 132:0.1

Events in Jesus’ life

  • his family
  • The Home at Nazareth: Joseph and Mary prepared intimately and diligently for the arrival of the child of promise in their humble but lovingly maintained stone house. 122:5.9 122:6 123:2.14 126:5.11
  • Jesus, despite his own convictions, always conformed to his parents' wishes. 123:3.6 123:4.3 124:1.4-13 124:4.9 125:6.11-12
  • Jesus' family came near believing he was beside himself as they struggled to understand his teachings and philosophy. 138:9.2
  • They failed to understand Jesus, unable to grasp his teachings or philosophy, as his focus was on the Father's business and those who did His will. 127:1.4 138:9.2 148:0.4 154:6.2-8 154:7.5
  • The apostles failed to wish Jesus well, succumbing to pride and resentment, as his family missed the Master's departure. 141:0.2
  • Jesus' failure to make James and Jude apostles sparked a rift with his family that persisted until after his death and resurrection. 138:0.1
  • Jesus' family, feeling disgraced by their embarrassing position, avoided him as they debated and prayed together in Capernaum. 148:0.4 154:6.2 154:7.5
  • Jesus' family hurried to assemble at Zebedee’s house upon receiving alarming news about his impending arrest. 154:5.1 154:6
  • Before leaving Capernaum, Jesus asked John Zebedee to watch over his family and manage his funds, which John faithfully did until Jesus returned. (129:2.3-4,10-11) (139:4.1,4) 174:0.2 181:2.2-3 187:4.7
  • Jesus financially supported his family until He left home. 128:4.8 128:7.13 129:0.1 129:2.1 139:4.9
  • Despite his best efforts, Jesus struggled to retain the affection and confidence of his family, as outside forces made it nearly impossible for them to connect during a planned visit. 138:1.4 157:0.1
  • Jesus' abdication as head of Joseph's house marked the beginning of a new chapter for his family. 128:7.13
  • Jesus' education was a combination of moral training and spiritual guidance from his family, intellectual and theological learning from the chazan, and a real education gained through interacting with a diverse range of people. 123:5.8
  • Jesus' relations with siblings improved over time, especially with James, Miriam, and the two younger children, Amos and Ruth, while occasional friction remained with Joseph and Jude. 124:4.3
  • Jesus' family forgathered at the house of Martha and Mary in Bethany to await news of his trial and crucifixion. 180:0 183:4.7 186:0
  • James, Simon, Joseph, and Jude tried to follow Jesus' teachings on nonresistance, but there was no penalty for violating them in their family. 127:4.5
  • After resurrection, Jesus' family scattered to different residences in Bethsaida, Jerusalem, Bethany, Galilee, and Philadelphia. 190:1.10
  • about the members of Jesus’ family see links at the bottom | Amos (brother of Jesus); James (brother of Jesus); Joseph (brother of Jesus); Joseph (father of Jesus); Jude; Martha (sister of Jesus); Mary (mother of Jesus); Miriam (sister of Jesus); Ruth (sister of Jesus); Simon (brother of Jesus)
  • Birth
  • Jesus of Nazareth was born into the world on August 21, 7 B.C. in Bethlehem. 122:8
  • Some Chaldean priests were informed by midwayers of the impending arrival of Jesus of Nazareth. 119:7.6
  • Vevona heralded “Glory to God in Havona and on earth peace and good will among men” at the birth of Michael. 39:5.5
  • childhood and youth
  • Jesus of Nazareth was taken to Egypt as a child in recognition of Ikhnaton's remarkable preservation of monotheism. 95:5.2
  • Jesus, at the age of his first moral decision, received the arrival of the Thought Adjuster. 123:2.1 196:1.7
  • Jesus of Nazareth spent much of his spare time studying flowers during the day and stars at night, often staying up past his bedtime in wonder. 123:3.10
  • Jesus fell from the stairs during an unexpected July sandstorm. 123:4.5
  • During an interesting year at school, Jesus, a diligent pupil in the more progressive third of the class, was excused from attendance for one week each month, spending his time with family or on fishing trips. 123:6.1 124:1.2
  • Jesus was told to be about his Father's business by an assigned messenger from Salvington, commissioned by Immanuel, on the day before the Passover Sabbath. 37:2.8 124:6.15 126:3.5
  • Jesus' embarrassing questions challenged traditional beliefs and opened minds to a more compassionate view of divinity. 123:6.6 125:0.6
  • Jesus was deeply disturbed by the slaughter of innocent animals required by his heavenly Father. 124:6.14
  • Jesus, with sagacity, humor, fairness, and consideration, made few comments on elders’ answers, preferring instead to challenge and enlighten through his thought-provoking questions. 124:2.2-3 125:4.3 125:5.8
  • Jesus and his family experienced financial struggle, yet he faithfully fulfilled his duties and longed for a simpler, country life. 126:5 (127:3.1,11) 127:6.10
  • As Jesus entered upon his adolescent years, he found himself the head and sole support of a large family, facing weighty problems and intricate difficulties, yet gaining full knowledge and understanding of the life experience of youth everywhere, forever becoming the understanding refuge for distressed adolescents of all ages and on all worlds throughout the local universe. 127
  • Jesus of Nazareth declined to join the Zealots, despite pressure from family and friends, due to his unwavering commitment to his duty to his family and his refusal to engage in political revolt. 127:2
  • During his 6 weeks alone with God on Mount Hermon, Jesus transitioned from his purely human career to the more divine phase of his bestowal. 134:7.7
  • After spending 40 days in the wilderness, Jesus made the final decision to establish the kingdom of heaven in the hearts of mankind by natural, ordinary, difficult, and trying methods, refusing to use his divine powers for selfish gain or worldly glory. 135:9 136:2.6 136:3-10
  • Jesus of Nazareth is the greatest of all Urantians, reflecting eternal and living values in his mighty personality. 109:6.6
  • The Father desired natural finish for Jesus' life, as he faced the trials of his earthly mission with unwavering faith and courage. 158:4-5 182:3.6-7 183:1.2
  • Jesus of Nazareth lived his human life in the channel of its natural flowing, humbling himself and choosing to endure great anguish and suffering untold sorrow to fulfill his purpose on earth. 128:1.6 182:3.7 183:1.2
  • Jesus of Nazareth acquired knowledge and wisdom like any other mortal, relying solely on his human abilities until his baptism, without supernatural assistance. (128:1.3-4,9)
  • Remember his life and proclaim the gospel of the kingdom with love, service, and truth to all people. 193:5.2
  • Christ Michael, during his time on Urantia, progressed through stages from evolutionary religion to embodying the full sovereignty of supremacy in his local universe. 101:6.5 127:6.14 128:1 157:6.3 196:1.6-13
  • The midway culture preserves and shares the story of Jesus of Nazareth with humanity, safeguarding it from the forgetfulness that plagues mortal civilization. 77:9.9
  • It is time to revive the true essence of Jesus of Nazareth, freeing him from centuries of theological interpretations, so that his teachings can be embodied in religious practices. 196:1.2
  • Jesus never experienced serious illness, but did endure minor childhood ailments alongside his siblings this year. 124:1.1
  • Jesus declined the offer of assistant chaplainship in Alexandria, citing that his “hour has not yet come.” 128:5.2-5
  • Jesus' social life, though limited, was not entirely forgotten, as he had numerous close friends and loyal supporters in Nazareth. 127:3.10
  • Jesus sought out Roman religious leaders to prepare the way for the reception of his messengers and enhance their understanding of truth, leading to the rapid spread of Christianity in Rome and beyond. 132:0.4
  • Jesus spent every possible hour with the children, becoming a father figure to them and sharing in their joy and wonderment. 127:1.8 127:3.8 128:6.10-12 138:8.9 172:1.4
  • years 5-8
  • Due to the uncertainties and anxieties in Bethlehem, Mary did not wean Jesus until they arrived safely in Alexandria, where they settled with relatives and Joseph found work as a carpenter, eventually becoming a foreman. Mary vigilantly protected Jesus during his infancy, but allowed him to play with other children, understanding the importance of social interaction. The family stayed in Alexandria for two years, during which Jesus enjoyed good health and received a Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures from friends. After Herod's death, they returned to Nazareth, where Joseph resumed his work and Jesus grew up in a loving, intellectually stimulating environment. Jesus formed close friendships, particularly with a neighbor boy named Jacob, and experienced normal childhood activities. He began formal education at the synagogue at age seven, excelling in his studies and learning multiple languages. Jesus' inquisitive nature led to many questions about the world, which his parents diligently answered. The family expanded with the birth of more children, and Jesus took on responsibilities at home and in his father's workshop. His early years were marked by a balance of education, play, and family life, setting the foundation for his future mission. 123
  • years 9-13
  • Although Jesus might have had better schooling opportunities in Alexandria, his time in Nazareth provided a unique environment for personal growth and understanding of diverse cultures. He experienced minor childhood ailments but continued to excel in school, balancing education with trips to neighboring cities and his uncle's farm. Jesus faced challenges at school due to his artistic interests, which conflicted with Jewish laws, but he adapted by focusing on other activities. His physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual development continued, and he began to understand his unique life mission. Despite occasional conflicts with Jewish customs, Jesus maintained a balance between personal convictions and family obligations, preparing for his future role. 124
  • No incident in Jesus' life was more thrilling than his first visit to Jerusalem. He was deeply moved by attending temple discussions alone, marking his first taste of independence. Despite initial excitement, he was disillusioned by the temple's rituals and the irreverence he observed. Jesus questioned the necessity of animal sacrifices and the exclusion of women from certain ceremonies. His profound questions during temple discussions astonished the teachers. After being inadvertently left behind by his parents, he spent three days engaging with temple scholars. When found, he expressed his dedication to his heavenly Father's business. This visit profoundly impacted Jesus, shaping his understanding of his mission and deepening his spiritual insights. 125
  • years 14-15
  • Of all Jesus' earth-life experiences, his fourteenth and fifteenth years were the most crucial. During this period, he became self-conscious of his divinity and destiny, facing significant challenges and temptations. After returning from Jerusalem, Jesus spent more time with his father, distancing himself from his mother. He developed a deep love for the Jewish people but resented the hypocritical religious leaders. His exploits in Jerusalem were praised in Nazareth, and he continued to excel in his studies and work. However, tragedy struck when his father, Joseph, died, leaving Jesus to support his family. Despite the hardships, Jesus managed the family's affairs wisely and continued to grow in favor with God and man. He formulated the prayer later known as “The Lord's Prayer” and began to understand his mission on earth. By the end of his fifteenth year, Jesus had transitioned from childhood to young manhood, ready to take on the responsibilities and opportunities ahead. 126
  • years 16-20
  • As Jesus entered his adolescent years, he became the head and sole support of his large family. Over time, he became increasingly aware of his pre-existence and his mission to reveal his Paradise Father to humanity. No youth has faced more complex problems or testing conflicts than Jesus did during these years. He grew physically, intellectually, and spiritually, displaying a blend of human and divine traits. His family struggled to understand him, especially as he denied being the expected Jewish Messiah. Jesus focused on supporting his family, working diligently as a carpenter. He faced social and political pressures, including a nationalist movement, but prioritized his family responsibilities. Despite financial hardships, Jesus maintained a hopeful and optimistic outlook, inspiring his siblings. He continued to develop his moral and spiritual understanding, preparing for his future mission. By the end of this period, Jesus had become a mature, experienced man, ready to reveal God to humanity and lead people to God. 127
  • years 21-26
  • As Jesus of Nazareth entered his early adult years, he continued to live a normal human life, experiencing the same challenges and emotions as others. His primary mission was twofold: to master the human experience and to reveal the Universal Father to humanity. Jesus fully embraced his dual nature as both human and divine, living a life of humility and obedience. He did not use any supernatural powers until after his baptism by John, which marked the beginning of his public ministry.
  • During this time, Jesus managed his family's affairs, gradually preparing them for his eventual departure. He worked various jobs, including carpentry and metalwork, and took on the responsibility of supporting his siblings. He also engaged in deep meditation and prayer, further developing his spiritual understanding.
  • Jesus faced numerous temptations and opportunities, such as an offer to lead a school in Damascus, but he remained focused on his mission. He maintained a strong connection with his family, ensuring their well-being before stepping into his public role. By the end of this period, Jesus had successfully prepared his family for his departure and was ready to begin the next phase of his mission. 128
  • years 27-29
  • Jesus gradually separated himself from managing his family's affairs, preparing them for his departure. He continued to support them financially and spiritually until his baptism. Despite his deep love for his family, he knew he had to leave to fulfill his mission. In A.D. 21, Jesus left Nazareth, visiting Tiberias, Magdala, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, where he worked with Zebedee, a boatbuilder. Jesus designed new, safer boats and became well-known among Galilean fishermen. He lived with Zebedee's family, who admired him greatly. Jesus continued to study, teach, and engage with people, preparing for his public ministry. In A.D. 22, he left Capernaum for Jerusalem, entrusting John Zebedee with his family's financial support. Jesus then embarked on a Mediterranean journey, gaining diverse experiences and deepening his understanding of humanity. By the end of his twenty-ninth year, Jesus was ready for the next phase of his mission, having mastered the human experience. 129
  • years 30-31
  • Jesus embarked on a tour of the Roman world with Gonod and his son Ganid from India, starting on April 26, A.D. 22. They traveled from Jerusalem to Caesarea, then sailed to Alexandria, Crete, Carthage, and Naples, stopping at Malta, Syracuse, and Messina along the way. From Naples, they traveled to Rome via Capua. After Rome, they went to Tarentum, then sailed to Athens, stopping at Nicopolis and Corinth. From Athens, they traveled to Ephesus, then to Cyprus, stopping at Rhodes, and finally to Antioch. They journeyed south to Sidon, then to Damascus, and traveled through Mesopotamia, visiting Babylon, Ur, Susa, and ending in Charax on December 10, A.D. 23. Jesus spent his time teaching Ganid, assisting Gonod, and engaging with locals, deepening his understanding of humanity. 130 131 132 133
  • After leaving Gonod and Ganid at Charax in December A.D. 23, Jesus traveled via Ur to Babylon, joining a caravan to Damascus. From there, he went to Nazareth, briefly stopping in Capernaum to visit Zebedee’s family and his brothers James and Jude. In early March A.D. 24, Jesus attended the double wedding of Simon and Jude in Nazareth. In April A.D. 24, Jesus left Nazareth to lead a caravan from Jerusalem to the Caspian Sea region, passing through Damascus, Lake Urmia, Assyria, Media, and Parthia. He returned in April A.D. 25, stopping at Lake Urmia for two weeks before traveling back to Damascus and then to Capernaum. Jesus settled in Capernaum, where his mother Mary and sister Ruth had moved, and made his home with the Zebedees. 134:1 134:2
  • crucial moments
  • Jesus' most crucial and trying earth-life experiences were during his fourteenth and fifteenth years, which should be called the great test, the real temptation. 126:0.1
  • Mount Hermon marked the transition from Jesus' purely human life to the beginning of his divine phase, as he lived in isolation with God for six weeks on its slopes. 134:7.7
  • baptism | baptism
  • 40 days after baptism, Jesus formulated the plans to proclaim the new kingdom of God in the hearts of men, having completed his bestowal on Urantia and received the assurance of his sovereignty from the highest authorities in the universe. 136:3
  • Jesus of Nazareth refrained from utilizing his supernatural power or celestial guidance until his baptism by John, despite being the incarnated Creator Son. 128:1.9
  • The day of baptism marked the end of Jesus' purely human life, as the divine Son reunited with his Father, the Universal Father finding his incarnated Son, engaged in conversation. 136:2.7
  • Jesus of Nazareth began his public work at the height of popular interest in John’s preaching and at a time when the Jewish people were eagerly looking for the Messiah, preaching a message of repentance and the kingdom of heaven that brought comfort and joy to a world anticipating a deliverer, even though the concept of the Messiah had evolved over time from a national deliverer to a divine representative of an improved dispensation, causing confusion and differing interpretations among the Jews. 136 135:8.6 196:1.9
  • Jesus, active in universe administration after his baptism, was in direct association with his chief directors of universe affairs during solitary seasons in the hills. 148:3.4
  • At his baptism, Jesus united his human and divine minds, reaching the pinnacle of his personal spiritual growth as the Son of Man. 129:4.2
  • Jesus, having recalled Immanuel’s instructions at baptism, experienced great spiritual growth and recognition of his divine identity during his Mediterranean journey. 129:3.9
  • Jesus was baptized not as a rite of repentance, but as a consecration to the will of the heavenly Father. (136:2.1,6)
  • Jesus of Nazareth's spirit transit was completed at baptism, transitioning him from life in the flesh to life in the morontia. 189:0.2
  • Jesus of Nazareth made great decisions during his mountain wilderness solitude, no longer relying on a personal seraphic guardian angel after baptism. 136:4.10
  • Through constant communion with his Personalized Adjuster, Jesus of Nazareth carried out all his earthly labors. 136:2.5
  • preaching
  • After making great decisions regarding his future actions and the proclamation of the kingdom of heaven, Jesus chose to adhere steadfastly to the will of his Father, rejecting worldly power and the use of miracles for personal gain, thus setting a noble example of moral and spiritual integrity for all mankind. 136:5-10
  • Jesus' first pronouncement of divine nature was made to Nalda, a Samaritan woman of questionable character, but seen by the divine eye as a soul sincerely desiring salvation. 143:5.8
  • The king-making episode at the feeding of the five thousand led to Jesus rejecting the people's earthly kingship in favor of the spiritual brotherhood of the kingdom of heaven. 152:3
  • Jesus of Nazareth rebuked the Sanhedrin and warned of impending spiritual doom but offered mercy and forgiveness. 153:2.3-5 175:1
  • moments when he wept
  • Jesus wept at Lazarus' tomb out of genuine sympathy for Martha and Mary, perturbed by the crowd of mourners, and hesitant to bring Lazarus back to mortal life. 168:1.1-5
  • Jesus stood on Mount Olivet, beholding Jerusalem for the first time, filled with emotion as he gazed upon the city that would soon reject him. 124:6.10 125:4.2
  • Jesus wept over family in boat before departing for Jerusalem. 141:0.2
  • Jesus' transfiguration
  • Jesus' transfiguration on Mount Hermon marked the acceptance of his bestowal mission and the satisfaction of the Infinite Spirit, propelling him towards the final phase of his earthly ministry as the Son of God and the Son of Man. 158:0-3
  • Jesus ascended Mount Hermon to receive the endowment for his earthly mission, choosing to fulfill the mandate of the Eternal Son and the will of his Paradise Father, declining full universe authority at the transfiguration. 158:1.4
  • The memory of transfiguration sustained Jesus as he accomplished things through his death that could never have been achieved in his life, nerving his apostles to enter Jerusalem. 171:4.9
  • trial and crucifixion | atonement doctrine; Jesus:death
  • Jesus, betrayed by Judas, calmly faced his captors and accepted his fate, willing to fulfill the Father's will even in the midst of cruelty and injustice. 183
  • Judas stepped out in front of the armed soldiers to easily identify Jesus for arrest, making a show of betrayal to secure a great reward. 183:3
  • Jesus of Nazareth was spat upon and struck in the face during the unjust and illegal Sanhedrist trial. 184:3.18 185:6.2
  • Struck by enemies, endured humiliation with love and patience, revealing his selfless and forgiving nature. 184:3.18 184:4.1 185:6.2 186:2.10
  • Jesus of Nazareth was arrested and accused without evidence, adjudged without witnesses, punished without a verdict, and condemned to die unjustly. 185:8.1
  • Jesus was not legally convicted on any charges after being brought from the praetorium by Pilate. 185:2.14
  • The soldiers divided Jesus' clothes among them, leaving the tunic to be cast lots for, as Jesus silently observed his followers and the crowd jeering at him. 187:2.8-9
  • Jesus of Nazareth died in 5-1/2 hours due to overwhelming emotional agony and acute spiritual anguish, much to the surprise of the soldiers who found him already dead upon arrival at Golgotha. 187:5.8
  • Before leaving the courtyard of the praetorium, Jesus was compelled to carry the crossbeam to Golgotha, where he was crucified as “Jesus of Nazareth—the King of the Jews.” 187:1.1-5 187:2.1
  • The humiliation and crucifixion of Jesus serve as the greatest evidence of his humanity before his resurrection and ultimate reveal of divinity. 182:3.5-7
  • Physically exhausted before, Jesus succumbed to the weight of the crossbeam on the way to Golgotha, as his suffering reached its peak. 187:1.8-9
  • Jesus' side was pierced with a spear, marking the end of his mortal life in less than five and a half hours. 187:5.8
  • Those who witnessed Jesus' crucifixion were awestruck by the sight, standing in silence as the Creator died the death of a condemned criminal. 127:5.6 187:3.1
  • Jesus was buried in Joseph's new family tomb, with the centurion and other disciples standing by to prevent interference. 188:1
  • death | atonement doctrine; Jesus:events in life
  • Jesus accomplished things by death he could not in life, such as nerving the apostles to enter Jerusalem with the resurrection of Lazarus and sustaining himself during his bestowal with the memory of the transfiguration, all while being accepted as the Messiah by believers who did not comprehend the concept of a suffering Messiah. 171:4.9
  • Christianity was built up around Jesus' death, rather than his life and teachings on the value of women's souls. 143:5.11
  • Earth's greatest tragedy was soon to take place, leaving many bewildered and unable to reconcile the impending disaster with Jesus' optimistic demeanor and his references to the future heavenly kingdom. 178:2.1
  • The bestowal of a Paradise Son on your world was inherent in the Father’s will concerning the closing of a planetary age, not made necessary to win God's favor, but as the final personal act of a Creator Son in earning experiential sovereignty. 4:5.6 183:1
  • Jesus foretold his crucifixion, death, and resurrection, warning his disciples to be ready and to follow his teachings with wholehearted dedication. 162:2.1 171:2.2 171:4.2-7 172:1.6-7 173:5.4 174:5.13 (175:1.4,20) 176:1.1 178:3.2 179:4.1 180:6.7 181:1.5 181:2.3 182:2.5-6 190:5.4
  • Jesus made plain the certainty of survival for all beings throughout the universe. 188:4.6
  • tomb
  • Jesus of Nazareth, who belonged to Joseph of Arimathea, was buried in a new family tomb with the belief that he would rise from the dead. 188:1.2
  • Jesus of Nazareth was buried in Joseph's new family tomb across from Golgotha. 188:1.2-5 189:2.4 (189:4.6,9) 190:1.2
  • The discovery of the empty tomb on that early Sunday morning signaled the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth to come. 189:4
  • Jesus was in the tomb from 3 PM Friday to 3 AM Sunday, a mysterious and little-known chapter in his earthly journey. 188:0.1
  • Jesus of Nazareth's tomb was sealed by two stones and guarded by twenty men, ten Jewish guards and ten Roman soldiers. 188:2.3 189:4.2
  • When Jesus emerged from the tomb, his physical body remained untouched and the seals were unbroken. 189:1.7
  • resurrection 189 196:1.11 | resurrection
  • Seven Paradise personalities surrounded the tomb, but did not participate in Jesus' awakening. 189:1.5
  • The mortal body of Jesus was dissolved by celestial beings, sparing the hosts of heaven from witnessing the slow decay of the Creator's human form. (189:2.1,7-8)
  • The Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus is not solely based on the fact of the empty tomb, but on the spiritual truth of sonship with God, proclaimed in the gospel of the kingdom. 189:2.6 193:0.4 193:2.2
  • The grave cloths, apparently intact and thrown over a cliff, left them greatly surprised at the empty tomb. (189:4.6,9) 189:5.3 190:1.2 191:0.4
  • Just before the greatest revelation of Jesus' divinity, must now come the greatest proofs of his mortal nature. 182:3.5
  • The heralds of the resurrection, dispatched by David Zebedee, proclaimed the risen Savior before the apostles could believe. 190:1 191:6.4 | messenger corps (David Zebedee’s)
  • Jesus foretold his death and resurrection, urging his disciples to prepare for the trials ahead. 158:2.1 158:6.5 (158:7.3,7) 165:2.10 173:5.4 180:6.7 181:1.5 182:2.5-6
  • Knowledge of Jesus' resurrection avails nothing without spiritual rebirth, for salvation is the free gift of God bestowed upon all who believe they are his sons and bear the fruits of a spirit-filled life. 193:1.2
  • No creatures assisted in the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth; he achieved it through his own inherent power. 189:0 189:1.13
  • Upon the resurrection of Jesus (of Nazareth) on the third day, he ascended to the right hand of the Universal Father and received the assurance of the acceptance of his bestowal mission. 52:5.6
  • After the resurrected Jesus emerged from his burial tomb, his physical body remained undisturbed, for it was a discarded outer covering with no connection to his resurrected morontia personality. (189:1.2,7) 189:2
  • The resurrected Jesus was seen by almost one thousand people, providing spiritual evidence of his resurrection. 189:2.9
  • Jesus revealed a new revelation of life overthrowing death. 180:6.7
  • Jesus of Nazareth inaugurated dispensational resurrection on Sunday morning, summoning the archangels to his side. 189:3.1
  • morontia appearances 189 190 191 192 193
  • list of the morontial appearances of Jesus by chronological order:
  • # to Mary Magdalene at tomb 189:4.10-12
  • # to Mary Magdalene at tomb 189:5.4
  • # to James, brother of Jesus in Bethany 190:2.2-5
  • # to family and friends in Bethany 190:2.6
  • # to women at Joseph of Arimathea’s home 190:3.1
  • # to 40 Greeks at home of Flavius 190:4
  • # to Cleopas and Jacob at Emmaus 190:5
  • # to Peter at Mark home 191:1
  • # to apostles at Mark home 191:2
  • # to 150 at Philadelphia 191:4
  • # to apostles at Mark home 191:5
  • # to 80 in Alexandria 191:6
  • # to apostles by Sea of Galilee 192:1
  • # to apostles on mount of ordination 192:3
  • # at Bethsaida 192:4.3
  • # in courtyard of Nicodemus 193:0.1
  • # at Sychar 193:1
  • # at Tyre 193:2
  • # in Jerusalem 193:3.1
  • The Master appeared within places with closed doors 190:4.1 191:2.1 191:5.2
  • Jesus was able to break bread and pass it to the apostles to whom he appeared 192:1.8
  • They were unable to perceive that Jesus was no longer mortal, for he appeared in appearance like a mortal, although they had difficulty recognizing the old Jesus, as did the brothers at Emmaus 190:5
  • Despite the difficulty in recognizing Jesus' form, his voice and personality were unmistakable to his disciples. 190:2.3 193:2.3
  • Jesus' morontia appearances became increasingly difficult to visualize as he advanced in his morontia life. 191:3.2
  • From the morontia transit to the ascension, Christ Michael traversed the phases of mortal transition, mastering the experience of Supremacy and attaining the sovereignty of his local universe. 101:6.5 189:1 191:3 193:5.4
  • Jesus made nineteen separate visible appearances to his believers on earth, excluding enemies and those incapable of making spiritual use of his manifestation. 190:2.1
  • His morontia body was devoid of nail marks in his hands, just as Thomas had expected as proof that the one appearing was his Master. 191:5.4
  • Jesus ascended to his Father on the Mount of Olives, bidding farewell to his apostles and beginning his journey to receive formal confirmation of his complete universal sovereignty. 193:5 196:1.12

Jesus teachings | gospel:explained; kingdom of heaven; religion:explained; truth

  • Jesus asked his disciples not to be ashamed of his teachings 150:4.3
  • We should not be discouraged by our failure to fully grasp the meaning of the gospel 181:2.25
  • Jesus denounced pride, cruelty, oppression, and hypocrisy 140:8.22
  • Jesus was completely outraged by discrimination against women and maintained that women should attend school just as men. Jesus's boldest act was to select a group of twelve women as gospel instructors 125:0.4 125:5.4 127:1.5 138:8.11 149:2.8-9 150:1 167:5.4 167:6.4 194:3.14
  • Today's economy, motivated solely by profit, is incompatible with Jesus' teachings 71:6.1
  • When studying Jesus' life, with regard to prayer or anything else characteristic of his religious life, we should not so much look for what he taught as for what he did 196:0.10
  • The essence of Jesus' teaching was love and service, the loving worship that a created son voluntarily offers in recognition of and in response to the loving ministry of his Father God 92:4.8
  • A revival of true teachings is needed of Jesus, to be reexposed in such a way as to nullify the effect of the work of his early followers, who set about creating a sociophilosophical system of belief about Michael's sojourn on Earth. 170:5.19
  • The Master taught these apostles the essential elements of truth for an entire Earth age. They often listened to his teachings, though what he said was really intended to inspire and edify other worlds (141:7.7,15)
  • Jesus came with a new message of self-forgetfulness and self-mastery, not of soul-searching and self-denial 143:2.2
  • He did not teach from the learning of the rabbis 162:2.1
  • He used the term Elohim for God, the plural God, the Trinity, and not Yahweh, the ancient tribal god of the Jews 169:4.5
  • discourses of Jesus
  • * The Discourse on Jonah at Joppa 130:1
  • * The Discourse on Reality 130:4
  • * The Second Part of the Discourse on Reality, on Evil 130:4.11-15
  • * The Discourse on Time and Space at Carthage 130:7
  • * The Teaching on True Values ​​with Angamon, the Chief of the Stoics 132:1
  • * The Discussion on Good and Evil with Mardus, the Leader of the Cynics 132:2
  • * The Teaching on Truth and Faith to Nabon, the Mithraic High Priest 132:3
  • * The Teaching on Wealth 132:5
  • * The Response on Mercy and Justice 133:1
  • * The Discourse on Science at Athens 133:5
  • * The Response on the Soul 133:6.4-7
  • * The Conversation on the Mind 133:7.5-12
  • * The sermon on “the Kingdom” 137:8
  • * The sermon on the ordination of the apostles 140:3-6
  • * The sermon on “The Will of the Father in Heaven,” quoted only 145:2.1
  • * The discourse on Job and the incomprehension of suffering 148:6
  • * The lesson on contentment 149:5
  • * The answer on the “fear of the Lord” 149:6
  • * The memorable talk on “Magic and Superstition” 150:3
  • * The answer on salvation 150:5
  • * The discussions on “The Love of God,” “Dreams and Visions,” “Malice,” “Humility and Gentleness,” “Courage and Loyalty,” “Music and Worship,” “Service and Obedience,” “Pride and Presumption,” "The Relationship between the Forgiveness and Repentance, Peace and Perfection, Slander and Envy, Evil, Sin and Temptation, Doubts and Unbelief, Wisdom and Worship. Only quoted 150:6.1
  • * The memorable sermon 153:2
  • * The discourse on true religion 155:5-6
  • * The first discourse on forgiveness 159:1.4-7
  • * The sermon on the light of the world 162:5
  • * The discourse on the water of life 162:6
  • * The discourse on spiritual freedom 162:7
  • * The discussion on wealth 163:3
  • * The sermon on “Trust and Spiritual Preparedness” 165:3
  • * The conversation with the apostles on wealth 165:5
  • * The teaching on accidents 166:4
  • * The teaching on marriage 167:5.2-8
  • * The conversation about angels 167:7
  • * The memorable discourse on the “kingdom of heaven” 170
  • * The discourse “The Counting of the Cost” 171:2
  • * The discourse on “The Freedom of Sonship,” quoted only 173:2.2
  • * The second discourse on forgiveness 174:1
  • * The last temple discourse 175
  • * The explanation of Jesus' second coming 176:2
  • * The discourse on sonship and citizenship 178:1 181:2.10
  • * The words establishing the remembrance supper 179:5
  • * The discourse on the new commandment 180:1
  • * The discourse on the vine and the branches 180:2
  • * The discourse on the enmity of the world 180:3
  • parables of Jesus | parables
  • * Parable of the Sower 95:0.1 151:1-2 (151:3.13,15) 152:6.3 155:2.3
  • * Second Parable of the Sower, or Parable of the Seed in Good Soil 137:8.12 151:3.15
  • * Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican 140:5.7 167:5.1-2
  • * Parable of the Mustard Seed 140:8.27 151:4.2 178:1.15
  • * Parable of the Pearl of Great Value 140:8.28 151:4.5
  • * Parable of the Neighbor and the Loaves or Parable of the Importunate Friend 144:2.3
  • * Parable of the Unjust Judge and the Persistent Widow 144:2.5
  • * Parable of the Children Playing in the Marketplace 144:8.7
  • * Parable of the Two Debtors 147:5.4
  • * Parable of the Fasting of the Bridegroom's Friends 147:7.2
  • * Parable of the New Wine in New Wineskins 147:7.2 176:1.7
  • * Parable of the New Cloth in Old Clothes 147:7.2
  • * Parable from the Book of Job 148:6.1-12
  • * Parable of the Lamp 151:3.1
  • * Parable of the Wheat and the Tares 151:4.1
  • * Parable of the Leaven 151:4.3 178:1.15
  • * Parable of the Treasure Hidden in the Field 151:4.4
  • * Parable of the Dragnet and the Fish 151:4.6
  • * Parable of the Pure Lily Rooted in the Mud 156:5.1
  • * Parable of the Foolish Carpenter 156:5.2
  • * Parable of the Weather and the Signs of the Times 157:2.1
  • * Parable of the Lost Sheep 159:1.2 (169:1.2-4,15)
  • * Parable of the Unmerciful Servant 159:1.4-5
  • * Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard 163:3.5-7
  • * Parable of the Good Samaritan 164:1
  • * Parable of the Good Shepherd 165:2 169:1.2
  • * Parable of the Rich Fool 165:4.2-3
  • * Parable of the Watchful Servant 165:5.5
  • * Parable of the Watchful Man and the Thief 165:5.6
  • * Parable of the Lazy Servant 165:6.2-3
  • * Parable of the Barren Fig Tree 166:4.9
  • * Parable of the Guest at the Feast 167:1.5
  • * Parable of the Great Supper or Parable of the Great Banquet 167:2
  • * Parable of the Lost Coin (169:1.4,15)
  • * Parable of the Prodigal Son 169:1.5-16
  • * Parable of the Shrewd Manager or Parable of the Shrewd Steward 169:2
  • * Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, a Parable of the Nazarites 169:3
  • * Parable of the Calculation of the Building's Cost 171:2.3
  • * Parable of the King Preparing for War 171:2.3
  • * Parable of the Unsavory Salt 171:2.5
  • * Parable of the Pounds 171:8
  • * Parable of the Two Sons 173:3
  • * Parable of the Absent Landowner 173:4
  • * Parable of the Cornerstone 173:4.4
  • * Parable of the Wedding Bap 173:5
  • * Parable of the Grain of Wheat 174:5.8
  • * Parable of the Branches of the Fig Tree 176:2.6
  • * Parable of the Ten Virgins, compiled by Selta 176:2.8
  • * Parable of the Talents 176:3.4
  • * Parable of the Seed of the Living Being 178:1.15
  • * Parable of the True Servant, during the washing of the apostles' feet 179:3
  • * Parable of the Cup and the Bread of Remembrance, during the last Supper 179:5
  • * Parable of the Vine and the Branches 180:2 193:2.2
  • quotations
  • * “I am the way, the truth, and the life” 7:5.1 21:6.4 52:5.4 141:7.4 166:3.7 180:3.7 182:1.20
  • * “It is finished” 21:4.5 187:5.5-6
  • * “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful in some essential things; you will be established as ruler of universal realities" 25:1.6
  • * “It is nobler to give than to receive” 28:6.18 100:7.10 103:2.9 140:8.18
  • * “He who would be greatest among you, let him be the servant of all” 28:6.18 56:10.14 137:8.11 140:1.6 158:6.3 171:0.6 179:3.9
  • * “In my Father's house are many mansions” 30:4.17 178:3.4 180:3.4 180:6.3
  • * “Anyone who drinks the water of the living spirit will never thirst.” 34:6.8 143:5.3
  • * “Behind me, Satan” 53:8.4
  • * “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth” 52:6.1 150:4.3 160:5.10 165:6.3 180:0.2 180:6.1
  • * “To go into all the world to preach the gospel” 95:7.3 100:7.6 140:9.2 163:4.2 165:6.3 182:1.5 190:3.1 190:4.1 191:1.2 191:4.4 191:5.3 191:6.3 192:2.11-12 193:0.5 193:1.2 193:2.2 193:3.2 193:5.2
  • * “Whoever wishes may come” 100:7.6
  • * “Who among you will convict me of sin?” 100:7.16
  • * “Be of good cheer” 100:7.9 153:5.4 181:1.6
  • * “Freely you have received, freely give” 100:7.10 140:9.2 159:1.5 163:1.4 176:3.10 191:4.4 193:0.5
  • * “Fear not” 100:7.15 140:8.20 165:3.3 166:3.5
  • * “For everyone who seeks will receive” 100:7.10 144:2.3
  • * “Love even your enemies” 103:5.2 140:3.15 140:8.6 174:0.2
  • * “He who saves his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for the kingdom’s sake will find it.” 103:5.6 140:5.19 158:7.5 160:5.10 174:5.8
  • * “If I am lifted up, I will draw all men to me.” 108:4.1 157:6.10 174:5.13 195:10.1
  • * “No man can serve two masters.” 109:5.4 140:6.13 163:3.1 169:2.7
  • * “Not my will, but yours, be done.” 109:6.5 111:5.6 136:10.1 160:1.11 174:5.9 182:3.4
  • * “I am the living way” 117:3.3
  • * “It is my will that your will be done” 118:8.11
  • * “I am the bread of life” 121:5.12 153:2.8-12 179:5.3 182:1.10
  • * “I am the living water” 121:5.12 143:5.4 182:1.11
  • * “Each one has done what he considered best.” 125:6.8
  • * “Money cannot love” 127:2.8 127:5.3
  • * “Day by day we are strengthened for these tasks by our hope of better times ahead” 127:3.14
  • * “Let us who have seen the light of life cease to approach our Father through the darkness of death.” 127:6.6
  • * “We cannot eat another man’s bread while I have good arms” 128:5.4 140:8.2
  • * “Be wise in your counsel and eloquent in your lives” 128:7.4
  • * “To flee from duty is to sacrifice truth.” 130:1.2
  • * “No man is a stranger to him who knows God.” 130:2.6
  • * “Only time causes the green fruit to ripen on the tree.” 130:5.3
  • * “My tomorrow is entirely in the hands of my heavenly Father.” 130:5.3
  • * “No, son, not with words, but you appealed to my heart with your longing look.” 130:6.2
  • * “With our heavenly Father, all things are possible.” 131:10.2 163:3.2 182:3.2
  • * “God cannot be revealed to those who do not seek him.” 132:7.2
  • * “I do not believe that any real harm can come to me.” 133:1.4
  • * “You should not dare to speak thus to God's daughters, even if they are His wayward daughters.” 133:3.6
  • * “Offer your hospitality as one who receives the children of the Most High.” 133:4.8 192:2.13
  • * “It is fitting that I remain busy while I wait for my hour to arrive.” 134:9.6
  • * “Let him bear this also with patience, for it befits us to fulfill all righteousness.” 135:11.4
  • * “Tell no one” 136:8.1 137:5.1 138:8.2-5 139:10.7 144:1.6 145:0.3 146:4.4 148:4.11 149:1.2 152:1.2 156:1.7 157:3.6 157:4.5 (158:2.1,3) 159:4.2 166:2.8 177:1.5 178:2.3
  • * “Do not worry about the things that feed your anxiety” 137:1.6
  • * “Follow me” (137:2.5,7) (138:3.1,3) 138:4.1 138:5.1 139:5.1 139:7.6 196:1.3
  • * “In all things we must serve the will of the Father who is in heaven.” 137:4.8
  • * “Be patient and you will see the glory of God” (137:6.3,5) 137:7.3
  • * “My kingdom is not to come with noise and fascination, but rather it must come through the great change which my Father will have effected in your hearts” 137:6.5 140:1.5
  • * “Prepare for the call of the kingdom.” 137:6.5
  • * “I warn you that many will enter the kingdom only through great tribulations.” 137:6.5
  • * “Do not entertain false hopes; the world will stumble over my words.” 137:6.5
  • * “The Father and I are one” 137:6.6 142:7.13 153:2.11-12 153:3.2 157:6.13 161:2.9 164:5.2 169:4.2 180:2.1 180:3.9 180:4.3 182:1.6 184:4.6
  • * “This kingdom will include the worshiping souls of Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, freeman and slave” 137:8.6 138:4.2 140:1.2 143:1.5
  • * “The Father is no respecter of persons” 137:8.6
  • * “My kingdom is not of this world" 137:8.7 138:7.1 (138:8.7,9) 157:6.12 158:6.2 171:8.3 172:3.6 176:2.3 185:3.3 190:5.4
  • * “Unless you seek to enter the kingdom with the faith and trusting dependence of a little child, you will by no means be admitted.” 137:8.8 196:0.12
  • * “Be perfect as the Father is perfect” 137:8.13 140:3.16 (140:5.3,15) 140:8.32 140:10.1 142:7.13 161:1.10 181:2.25
  • * “Whatever it costs you in the things of this world, whatever price you pay to enter the kingdom of heaven, you will receive multiplied in joy and spiritual advancement in this world, and eternal life in the age to come.” 137:8.14
  • * “I have not come to call the self-righteous, but sinners and all who hunger and thirst for the righteousness of divine perfection.” 137:8.16 138:3.6 157:6.9
  • * “Seek out the sinners; find the despondent, and comfort those who are troubled.” 138:6.4
  • * “And then you will depart to become fishers of men.” 138:7.6
  • * “Proclaim only the things you have heard me say; do not speak rumors.” 138:8.4
  • * “Come to me, all you who strive, and I will give you rest—spiritual strength.” 139:7.7 141:3.7 144:8.8 163:6.7 165:3.8
  • * “Peace on earth and goodwill among all men.” 140:1.3
  • * “Not everyone who says ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but rather he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” 140:1.4
  • * “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and when you have found them, all the other things essential to eternal survival will be secured as well.” 140:1.5 140:6.13 196:0.8
  • * “The kingdom is within you.” 140:1.5 170:1.13 170:2.9 170:3.11 195:10.4
  • * “More is expected of the teacher than of the student” 140:3.1
  • * “Blessed are the poor in spirit, the humble, for theirs are the treasures of the kingdom of heaven.” 140:3.3-11 140:8.22 142:5.2 153:4.4 165:4.5
  • * “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and be led to glorify your Father” 140:3.13
  • * “Put your trust in the Father, whose messengers you are.” 140:3.14
  • * “If your neighbor strikes you on the right cheek, offer him the other also.” 140:3.14 159:5.9
  • * “Do unto men whatever you believe I would do unto them.” 140:3.15
  • * “You are charged to save men, not to judge them.” 140:3.17
  • * “Do not offer holy things to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine” 140:3.18 186:2.2
  • * “A tree is known by its fruit” 140:3.19 140:8.22 142:5.2 153:4.4
  • * “My peace I leave with you” 140:5.18 181:1.5 182:2.2 191:4.4 193:0.5 193:2.2 193:5.2
  • * “Let not your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid.” 140:5.18 180:3.4 (181:1.5,9) 182:2.1
  • * “You must begin again like little children and be willing to trust my teaching and believe in God.” 140:6.2 142:6.4-5
  • * “I have not come to destroy, but to complete, enlarge, and enlighten.” 140:6.2
  • * “You will return good for evil.” 140:6.9
  • * “Do your good deeds in secret; when you give alms, do not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.” 140:6.11
  • * “Always remember that the Father knows what you need even before you ask him.” 140:6.11
  • * “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth” 140:6.11
  • * “Where your treasures are, your heart will be also.” 140:6.11 165:4.5 165:5.4
  • * “Do not be anxious about your life” 140:6.13
  • * “Each day has enough trouble of its own.” 140:6.13
  • * “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 140:8.9 156:5.16 174:2.2 178:1.3 181:2.10
  • * “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” 140:8.12 145:2.6
  • * “Be as wise as serpents, yet as harmless as doves.” 140:8.13 140:9.3 163:1.3 178:1.7
  • * “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his own soul?” 140:8.17 158:7.5 165:4.9
  • * “The laborer deserves his wages.” 140:9.3 163:1.3
  • * “Do not be anxious about what you will have to say, for the Spirit of My Father lives in you and will speak for you at those times.” 140:9.3 165:3.7 176:1.1
  • * “My Spirit will go before you into the whole world.” 140:9.3 (181:2.24,26) 193:2.2
  • * “I have asked you to become like little children, as the price of entry into the kingdom.” 140:10.4
  • * “My yoke is easy and the burden is light.” 141:3.7 159:3.7
  • * “Do not resist evil.” 141:3.8
  • * “When have I taught you that you must all have the same point of view?” 141:5.1
  • * “Do not rival men—always be patient.” 141:6.4
  • * “The kingdom is not yours; you are merely its ambassadors.” 141:6.4
  • * “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 141:7.6 162:7.2
  • * “The Supreme Spirit will bear witness with your spirit that you are indeed the sons of God.” 142:5.3
  • * “Unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 142:6.4-5 166:3.7
  • * “My spirit will precede you into the whole world.” 142:7.17 178:1.7
  • * “He who governs himself is greater than he who conquers a city.” 143:2.3
  • * “Old things must pass away; observe that I show you how all things must be renewed.” 143:2.3
  • * “In the new way, you are first transformed by the Spirit of Truth.” 143:2.4
  • * “Do not doubt the reality of the Father’s love and mercy.” 143:2.7
  • * “You must realize that the best method for solving some tangled problems is to get away from them for a while.” 143:3.3
  • * “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” 143:5.6 (169:4.6,11)
  • * “I have food to eat which you do not know.” 143:6.1
  • * “I tell you that the fields have already turned white for harvest.” 143:6.1
  • * “Prayer is the breath of the soul and should lead you to persevere in your attempt to discover the Father's will.” 144:2.3 144:4.7
  • * “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” 144:2.3 165:5.3 167:5.2 168:4.13
  • * “Hate is the shadow of fear, and revenge the mask of cowardice.” 145:3.4
  • * “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” 147:6.4
  • * “My disciples show wisdom in not incorporating too many things of the old order into the new teaching of the gospel of the kingdom.” 147:7.2 176:1.7
  • * “You can see for yourselves that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” 150:4.1 163:1.3
  • * “A disciple is hardly above his teacher, and a servant is no greater than his master.” 150:4.2 157:6.8 179:3.8 180:3.1
  • * “There is nothing so hidden that it cannot be revealed; there is nothing concealed that it cannot be known.” 150:4.2 151:3.1 165:3.2-3
  • * “Do not fear those who can kill the body but are not able to destroy the soul.” 150:4.2 165:3.3
  • * “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And yet I declare to you that not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.” 150:4.3
  • * “Do you not know that even the hairs of your head are all numbered?” 150:4.3 165:3.4
  • * “Anyone who loves father or mother more than this gospel is not worthy of the kingdom.” 150:4.3 163:3.4 171:2.2
  • * “To him who has, more will be given, that he may possess abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” 151:1.4 151:3.1 171:8.7 176:3.5
  • * “You are faced with the necessity of choosing which course you will follow.” 153:1.2-3 153:2.5 153:4.4
  • * “Choose this day whom you will serve.” 153:2.5
  • * “If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a precipice.” 153:3.5 175:1.15
  • * “He who is not with me is against me.” 153:4.3 159:2.2
  • * “It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh and all that pertains to it is of little benefit.” 153:5.4
  • * “I have no mother; I have no brothers. Here is my mother and here are my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my mother and my brother and my sister.” 154:6.5
  • * “It is far more difficult to persuade men to renounce the past.” 154:6.8
  • * “Since you have done it for the least of my brothers, you have done it for me.” 155:3.4 176:3.5
  • * “You filter out gnats and swallow camels.” 156:2.8 175:1.17 185:0.4
  • * “Do not be overcome by evil, but rather overcome evil with good.” 156:5.5
  • * “Who do men say that I am?” 157:3.3
  • * “Before Abraham was, I am.” 157:6.11 161:2.9 162:7.6
  • * “Just as the Father sent me into this world, I am about to send you.” 157:6.13 178:3.2 182:1.5 191:5.3 191:6.3 193:3.2
  • * “He who has seen me has seen the Father.” 157:6.13 (169:4.2,9-13) 174:5.7 180:3.9 181:2.20
  • * “All things are possible to him who truly believes.” 158:5.2
  • * “Do not be ashamed of me and my words.” 158:7.5
  • * “Whoever humbles himself and becomes like this little one will become the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” 158:8.1
  • * “Those who receive me receive also Him who sent me.” 158:8.1 162:2.3
  • * “Where two or three believers are gathered together, there am I in their midst.” 159:1.3
  • * “Those who claim to do great things in my name will ultimately uphold our cause.” 159:2.1
  • * “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, and if anyone will open, I will come in.” 159:3.2
  • * “If anyone wishes to be my disciple, let him disregard himself and assume daily the fullness of his responsibilities to follow me.” 159:5.10
  • * “I have come that you may have life, and have it eternally.” 162:2.7 165:2.8 182:1.3
  • * “I am the light of the world” 162:5.2-3 165:3.7 174:5.7 182:1.12
  • * “I am the light of life, and everyone who deliberately and knowingly rejects this saving light will die in his sins.” 162:5.3
  • * “He who rejects me rejects Him who sent me.” 163:1.4 174:5.3 180:3.1-2 180:6.1
  • * “You must let others bury the dead while you go out to proclaim the good news.” 163:2.2
  • * “No man who has put his hand to the plow and then turns back is worthy to become a messenger of the kingdom.” 163:2.3
  • * “Many who are first will be last, while the last will often be first.” 163:3.4 166:3.5
  • * “Many prophets and many great men of past ages desired to behold what you now see, but it was not granted to them.” 163:6.4
  • * “Woe to you!” 163:6.5 166:1.4-5 175:1 175:4.2
  • * “Be not weary in doing good” 163:6.7 174:0.2 192:2.9
  • * “I am the good shepherd” 165:2.7 182:1.16 188:5.1
  • * “I am the door to eternal life” 165:2.7 (166:3.3,7)
  • * “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 165:4.1
  • * “Do not fret or worry about the things of the temporal life” 165:5.2
  • * “Consider the lilies and the way they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I say to you that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was decked out like one of these.” 165:5.3
  • * “Seek the greatest thing, and you will find that the smallest things are contained therein.” 165:5.3
  • * “Remember that much has been given to you; therefore, much will be required of you.” 165:6.3
  • * “Do not sit in the chief seat” 167:1.5
  • * “He who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who sincerely humbles himself will be exalted.” 167:1.5 167:5.1 175:1.10
  • * “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” 167:6.1
  • * “I am the resurrection and the life.” 168:0.7 168:2.7 171:3.5 182:1.18 193:1.2
  • * “Many of the children of the world are wiser in their generation than the children of the kingdom, for they have the ability to make friends with unjustly acquired wealth.” 169:2.1
  • * “He who is faithful in small things will be faithful also in great things, while he who is unjust in small things will be faithful also in great things.” 169:2.6
  • * “I affirm again that no one can serve two masters. You cannot serve God and mammon.” 169:2.7
  • * “How often I would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you have not let me!” 171:4.7
  • * “The poor you will always have with you, so that you may help them whenever it seems good to you. But I will not always be with you.” 172:1.6
  • * “Have you never read in the Scriptures about the stone that the builders rejected, which became the cornerstone when the people uncovered it?” 173:4.4
  • * “Put not your trust in the strength of your arm or in weapons of steel.” 174:0.2
  • * “Remain unmoved, even though you cannot see the way.” 174:0.2
  • * “Now you must walk by faith and not by sight.” 174:0.2
  • * “Judge not by appearances” 174:0.2
  • * “Seek the true realities of the spirit, and cease to be attracted by unreal and material shadows.” 174:0.2
  • * “I wish to warn you to guard against the slippery paths of flattery.” 174:0.2
  • * “The Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” 174:4.2
  • * “Some of you are tempted to love the glory of men more than the glory of God.” 174:5.3
  • * “I have not come to judge the world, but to offer it salvation.” 174:5.7
  • * “There can be no peace between light and darkness, between life and death, between truth and error.” 175:1.2
  • * “This is the sin of those rulers: They say what is good, but they do not do it.” 175:1.8 184:1.5
  • * “You should not call any man Father in the spiritual sense.” 175:1.10
  • * “Seek not your own glorification, but the glory of God.” 175:1.10
  • * “Beware that no one deceives you, for many will come as liberators and will lead many people astray.” 176:1.1
  • * “Many false educators will arise and will mislead many people.” 176:1.4
  • * “I'll come back someday” 176:2.3 | Jesus:second coming
  • * “You cannot remain immobile in the affairs of the eternal kingdom. My Father requires that all his children grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth.” 176:3.5
  • * “Do faithfully what has been entrusted to you.” 176:3.6
  • * “Love one another as I have loved you.” 178:1.17 180:1 180:6.1 (181:2.26,30) 182:1.6 193:3.2
  • * “I will not abandon you. I will be with you to the end.” 178:2.4 191:3.1 191:4.4 191:6.3 192:2.11 193:0.5 193:1.2
  • * “Be all of you as brothers.” 179:5.7 190:4.1
  • * “Whenever you do this, do it in remembrance of me.” 179:5.9
  • * “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.” 180:2.1 182:1.22
  • * “You must abide in me, and I in you.” 180:2.1
  • * “I am also in you.” 180:4.2
  • * “I warn you that the hour is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.” 180:6.1
  • * “They will refuse to receive me when they reject you.” 180:6.1
  • * “The Father himself loves you.” 180:6.8
  • * “All who receive my spirit will be enlightened, purified, and comforted.” 181:1.4
  • * “You will have tribulations in this world, but be of good cheer” 181:1.6
  • * “Those who fight with the sword perish by the sword” 181:2.11 183:3.7
  • * “Control your soul with patience.” 181:2.15
  • * “To you who have labored with me, all things have become sacred” 181:2.19
  • * “I will show you what eye has not seen, what ear has not heard, and what mortal mind has not conceived” 181:2.20
  • * “May they be one in spirit, as we also are one” 182:1.4
  • * “I am the desire of all ages” 182:1.13
  • * “All things will work together for the glory of God and the salvation of men.” 182:2.1
  • * “Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 182:3.4
  • * “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” 187:2.4 188:5.6
  • * “He had such love that he was willing to give his life for his enemies, a love greater than any that had been known on earth up to that time.” 188:5.7
  • * “Doubt not; have the courage to believe what you have seen and heard.” 189:5.4
  • * “Peace be with you.” 190:3.1 191:2.1 191:4.3 191:5.3 191:6.2 192:4.3 193:0.2 193:2.2 193:3.2
  • * “You must stop thinking about yourself and the problems of the moment.” 191:1.2
  • * “You must love all men as I have loved you.” 191:4.3 191:5.3 191:6.2 192:2.4 193:0.5 193:5.2
  • * “You must serve all men as I have served you.” 191:4.3 191:6.2 (192:2.2,10) 193:0.5 193:1.2 193:5.2
  • * “Do not stumble, then, into the entanglements of misunderstanding caused by human distrust and intolerance.” 191:4.3
  • * “Do not fear the resistance of evil.” 191:4.4
  • * “You will reveal divine love, not only in words, but in your daily lives.” 191:5.3 191:6.2
  • * “I send you forth, not to love the souls of men, but rather to love men.” 191:5.3
  • * “Let faith reveal your light to the world.” 191:5.3
  • * “I require the lives of my disciples, including a life of loving service to your brethren in the flesh.” 191:5.3
  • * “Blessed are those in the ages to come who will believe without having seen” 191:5.5
  • * “Preach the gospel without fear or favor” (192:2.2,11-12)
  • * “Be alert at all times—watch and pray.” 192:2.3
  • * “Do not be concerned about what your brothers do” 192:2.5
  • * “Learn to estimate the consequences of your words and actions.” 192:2.8
  • * “Expect less from some men and thus lessen the magnitude of your disappointments.” 192:2.10
  • * “Proclaim the whole truth of the good news, and not merely a part of the saving gospel.” 193:0.4
  • * “What the world most needs to know is that men are children of God.” 193:0.4
  • * “The hour has come when you will worship God, not in Gerizim nor in Jerusalem, but wherever you are, just as you are, in spirit and in truth.” 193:1.2
  • * “My love overshadows you.” 193:5.2
  • * “The Father is a living and loving spirit.” 195:10.4
  • * “Why do you call me good?” 196:0.9 196:2.2
  • Application of His Teachings
  • Jesus taught not to interpret his message literally, but to discern the spirit of his teaching and live according to his spiritual ideals, rather than applying them directly to material affairs. 140:6.8 140:8.10 140:10.2-4 142:7.17 147:4.2-3
  • His teachings applied to the individual, not the state. Jesus taught to love one's enemies, emphasized individual responsibility, and warned against political entanglements. 140:8.5-11 145:2.10
  • Jesus' teachings are truly applicable in a world of mortals who have had the preliminary training of the pre-bestowal Sons, with their dispensations to ennoble character and enhance culture. 52:5.8
  • Many intelligent and well-intentioned men maintain that modern civilization could not have been built on Jesus' teachings—and they are partly right. But all these skeptics forget that a far better civilization could have been built upon his teachings, and that it will someday be built. This world has never seriously attempted to put Jesus' teachings into practice on a large scale. 154:4.6
  • Effect of the Teachings
  • The teachings of Jesus constituted the first Urantian religion so fully embracing a harmonious coordination of knowledge, wisdom, faith, truth, and love that it totally and simultaneously provided temporal tranquility, intellectual certainty, moral enlightenment, philosophical stability, ethical sensitivity, God-consciousness, and the firm assurance of personal survival. 101:6.8
  • Had his teachings been handed down as he presented them, with no commentary other than the inspiring interpretation provided by his earth life, all nations and all the religions of the world would have quickly embraced the gospel of the kingdom. 149:2.1
  • Jesus did not want the reconstruction of such outstanding human history to divert attention from his teachings. He recognized early on that his followers would be tempted to formulate a religion around him, one that might compete with the gospel of the kingdom he intended to proclaim to the world. 128:4.6 149:2.4
  • His Teaching Method
  • Jesus often taught by questioning, enticing, and guiding toward the path of love and service. 130:6.1-2 132:4.2 138:8.10 161:2.7 171:7.7
  • He was bold and forceful in his statements that he had deliberately decided to ignore the “great ones of the earth” and focus on the poor precisely because they had always been ignored by most previous religions. 141:7.8
  • He constantly turned to the Scriptures in his efforts to improve the practices of all these social practices, such as marriage and divorce. 167:5.5
  • The method he used to instruct was never to attack their errors, nor to mention the defects in their teachings. In each case, he selected the truth contained in what they taught, and then proceeded to beautify and illuminate this truth in their minds. 132:0.4
  • The Pharisees had formulated a systematic and dogmatic theology. Jesus was an instructor who taught as the occasion arose; he was not a systematic educator. Jesus taught in parables, basing his message more on life than on law. When he used a parable to illustrate his message, he intended to use a single feature of history for that purpose. Many misconceptions about Jesus' teachings can be gained when attempts are made to transform his parables into allegories. 149:3.1 159:5.17 171:7.9
  • Jesus constantly reiterated his message to make himself understood. 166:4.12 169:1.16
  • He never provoked resentment or antagonism. 132:7.8
  • He never resorted to unworthy tactics to confront the constant pressure of his enemies. 149:4.5 173:2.7
  • He did not appeal to human authority; he spoke directly to consciences and souls; he did not resort to logic, legal quibbles, or clever assertions. 145:3.3
  • Jesus moved people not so much by what he said as by his kind look and his sympathetic smile. 133:2.1
  • Jesus taught the most to those to whom he spoke the least. Jesus' message was always about the love and mercy of the heavenly Father, and he taught most effectively through compassionate listening and practical guidance 132:4.2

Miracles and healings | healing; miracles

  • Through a series of unexplained healings, over 100 individuals were beneficiaries of unconscious healing by Jesus during his earthly ministry, adding to his fame despite his instructions of secrecy. 149:1.2-8
  • Adjuster reminded Jesus that while time manifestations are unlimited for universe hosts attending him, his own activities are restricted only to space control. 136:5.4-6
  • Approach Jesus through miracles, not miracles through Jesus; for He is the only founder of a religion who performed supermaterial acts on earth. 149:2.7
  • Jesus' personal presence on Earth was inseparable from his Creator prerogatives, allowing him to perform miracles and healings throughout his incarnation. 120:2.9 137:4.17
  • The incarnated Creator Son possessed almost unlimited healing powers. 149:1.6
  • The miracles and healings of Jesus, though not planned in his kingdom proclamation, brought him trouble by generating unwanted attention and notoriety. 145:3.15
  • The wonder-seeking generation of central and southern Galilee believed in signs, regarding Jesus' healings of emotional disturbances as miraculous cures. 146:6.1 (167:3.2,5)
  • It is impossible to limit the spiritual power of Michael, the Son of Man, which allows for the manifestation of miracles and healings through strong and living faith. 152:1.5
  • The incarnations of Paradise Sons are the most intriguing miracles to us citizens of the local universe. 120:4.5
  • Jesus deliberately chose to live in accordance with natural law and to refrain from performing miracles or wonders, deciding against the spectacular and the overawing in favor of the Father's will. (136:6.2,6) 136:8.1
  • The healing sought by individuals through strong faith was desired for spiritual benefits rather than just physical restoration. 149:1.5
  • Jesus did not perform miracles or healings for his earth family or immediate followers, as he chose not to engage in supernatural ministration towards them. 154:2.4
  • Miraculous healings effected by Jesus were actually transformations of mind and spirit occurring in expectant, faith-dominated individuals. 148:2.2 (149:1.1,8)
  • Jesus perceived that living energy had gone forth from him as a woman touched his garment and was healed of her affliction. 152:0.2
  • The Sanhedrin accused Jesus of performing miracles through the power of Beelzebub, the prince of devils. 169:0.7
  • The unique and extraordinary situation surrounding the miracles and healings of Jesus can never again occur in this universe, as he embodied both creative energy and spiritual endowments beyond mortal limitations. 136:9.3 152:1.4-5
  • The miracles and healings of Jesus were used not to tempt people into the kingdom, but to reveal the Father to those already in. 145:5.6-7 167:1.5 172:3.1
  • apparent miracles and healings
  • * Amatha, mother-in-law of Peter, was not miraculously healed by Jesus, but her cure was effected in connection with an extraordinary event at the Zebedee home. 145:2.15-17
  • * catching 153 fish in Sea of Galilee. Upon casting the net as directed by the man on the beach, the disciples caught 153 fish in the Sea of Galilee, a feat that was not a miracle but simply an exercise of the Master's preknowledge. (192:1.3,7)
  • * The immediate dissolution of Jesus' mortal remains was granted by celestial authorities to spare the hosts of heaven the sight of decay, allowing the resurrection to be a spiritual reality. 189:2
  • * draught of fishes. Jesus's miraculous draught of fishes impressed Simon and his associates so much that they forsook their nets to follow him. 145:1
  • * epileptic in Capernaum. A young man with epilepsy in Capernaum was cured by Jesus, despite belief in demon possession. 145:2.12-14
  • * Peter's miraculous catch of a fish with a shekel in its mouth was a common tale of near miracles in biblical times. 157:1.4
  • * men at pool of Bethesda. Many at the pool of Bethesda believed in the gospel after witnessing Jesus' healing miracles, including one man who joyously took up his bed and walked. 147:3.4-5
  • * Jesus quieted the storm on the Sea of Galilee, demonstrating his power over the natural elements to his followers. 151:5
  • * At Cana, Jesus' turning of water into wine was not considered a miracle as it involved the independent assembly of chemical elements by celestial beings outside of time. 137:4.13
  • * widow’s son at Nain. Jesus raised the widow's son at Nain, calming the emotional frenzy and disbelief of the multitude. 146:6.2-3
  • * woman with spirit of infirmity. Jesus healed the woman with spirit of infirmity, freeing her from fear and depression in the synagogue. (167:3.1-2,5)
  • real miracles and healings
  • * Aaron the stone mason's withered hand was healed by Jesus as a powerful protest against restrictive Sabbath laws. 148:7
  • * Amos, the Kheresa lunatic, found peace and healing in the presence of Jesus, who restored his right mind and emotions with a single command. 151:6
  • * Bartimeus at Jericho cried out to Jesus for mercy, and his faith restored his sight. 171:5
  • * A Roman centurion's servant was healed by Jesus, who marveled at the man's great faith. 147:1.1-4
  • * daughter of Norana. Norana had great faith in Jesus as a healer and her daughter was cured by his touch. 156:1
  • * epileptic son of James of Safed. The healing of the epileptic son of James of Safed by Jesus was a powerful demonstration of faith and compassion. 158:4-5
  • * Jesus cast out a genuine evil spirit in Capernaum with compassion and power. 153:4.1
  • * feeding the 5000. Jesus miraculously fed the 5000 despite limited resources and the disciples' doubts. 152:2 152:3.1 152:5.2
  • * healing of 683 at sundown. Upon uttering his words, Jesus oversaw the miraculous healing of 683 individuals at sundown, a scene both unprecedented and awe-inspiring. (145:3.10,13)
  • * Jairus's daughter was raised from the dead by Jesus, despite the mourners' laughter and skepticism. 152:1.1-3
  • * Jesus restored Josiah's sight in a deliberate challenge to the Jewish religious leaders. 164:3
  • * leper at Iron. Jesus' first deliberate miracle was healing a leper at Iron. 146:4.3-5
  • * man with dropsy. Jesus healed the man with dropsy, knowing the desire of his heart and the faith of his soul, revealing the works of the Father to those in the kingdom. 167:1.5
  • * The paralytic at Capernaum was healed by Jesus in a miraculous display of faith and perseverance. 148:9
  • * Jesus resurrected himself, demonstrating his power to take up life after mortality, in accordance with his own determination. 189:0-2
  • * resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus truly hesitated to resurrect Lazarus, knowing the bitter persecution his friend would endure as a result of being the subject of the greatest demonstration of divine power. (168:1.5,9)
  • * ten lepers. Only one of the ten cleansed lepers, a Samaritan, returned to give thanks to Jesus for his healing." 166:2
  • * Titus's son was healed by Jesus, leading to a powerful conversion and ministry in the kingdom. 146:5.1-3
  • * Veronica’s hemorrhage was miraculously healed by Jesus through her pure and living faith. 152:0.2-3

Personality and nature

  • Developing a strong and unified personality along the lines of Jesus' symmetry and balance is possible for every believer, despite the unattainable perfection of his character. 100:7
  • In transferring veneration from human to divine, allow the indwelling divine spirit to shorten idolatrous hesitation influenced by concepts of Deity, so as not to overlook the courageous hero, Joshua ben Joseph. 92:7.12
  • A reformation in the Christian church may bring us back to the unadulterated teachings of Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, urging us to live out his religion rather than simply preach about it. 196:2.1
  • God became man in the person of Jesus, demonstrating a unified personality of God and man, offering a revelation of divine attributes for the human race to comprehend and follow. 0:5.3 2:1.7 4:5.7 6:1.4 6:8.6 7:7.6 12:7.14 32:0.3 33:1.4 98:7.2 112:2.7 117:3.4 120:4.2-3 124:4.4 (128:1.2,9-10) 129:4.6 136:1.6 137:4.2 137:7.2 138:5.2 141:7.4 156:2.4 157:5 182:1.9 196:0.3 196:1.1-2 (196:2.3,6)
  • Jesus recognized his human nature and embraced his mortal existence, while gradually realizing and fully embracing his divine nature through faith and divine experiences. (128:1.2,7,8) 182:3.5 196:1
  • Jesus' mind reflected the thoughts and experiences of a first-century human, embodying genuine humanity shaped by the time and place in which he lived. 136:8.7
  • Jesus of Nazareth was a miraculous person, embodying the incarnational bestowal of a divine Son through apparently natural processes. 120:4.5
  • Jesus, not the Eternal Son, embodies the divine attributes and powers of the Father in his local universe. 6:1.3 33:1.2 104:1.11 161:1.6
  • It is possible for mortal believers to develop a strong and unified personality akin to Jesus of Nazareth, characterized not by perfection but by exquisite symmetry and balanced unification. 100:7.1
  • Jesus, our elder brother, taught that all should see God as a Father-friend and emphasized love as the greatest relationship, establishing a divine family where God is a loving Father, not a king. 143:6.4 149:6.8 (169:4.1,13) 170:5.17
  • The Eternal Son incarnate in the human nature of Jesus reveals the fullness of God's character and attributes, managing the spiritual government of the universe. (6:2.3,5) 7:5.4
  • Jesus was the personification of the Father's will, bringing together the faith of the creature and the life of the Creator in healing acts recognized by his divine nature. 149:1.7
  • To see Jesus is to experience a revelation of the Father to the soul, for he is the spiritual lens in human likeness that makes visible the invisible God, our Father in heaven. 169:4.12-13 181:2.20
  • Rodan confessed Jesus as the personal revelation of the Father, satisfying all unsatisfied factors of logic. 161:1.11
  • Jesus is truly a savior, bringing eternal salvation and divine love that destroys sin and evil, offering forgiveness and redemption for eternal survival. 188:4.7 188:5.2
  • Jesus, in human likeness, serves as the spiritual lens revealing the invisible Father, leading to personal spiritual experiences and understanding of God. 169:4.13
  • Jesus was a teacher sent from heaven to present spiritual truth to the material mind, speaking directly to men's souls and living with them. 141:7.10
  • Focus on Jesus' righteousness and loving service, not simply his sinlessness, in the study of his religious life. 5:4.15
  • Jesus inherited his unusual gentleness from Joseph and his gift as a teacher from Mary, resulting in a unique blend of traits that guided his impactful adult life. 122:5.3-4
  • Jesus was unreservedly dedicated to the Father's business, exuding controlled enthusiasm and contagious optimism in the face of human sorrow and the realities of existence. 100:7.12
  • about the expression “Word made flesh” see link “word of God” | word of God

Purpose of his life | Michael of Nebadon:bestowals

  • During his time in Rome, Jesus engaged in numerous human contacts, seeking to understand their lives and make them richer with his teachings, preparing them for discipleship in the upcoming kingdom. 132:4.1
  • Jesus came to reveal the Father and embody the supreme wisdom, so that we may have abundant life. 157:6.2
  • Jesus was not the expected Messiah for the Jews, but he was destined to be the world's deliverer. 122:4.2
  • Jesus was on earth solely to comfort minds, liberate spirits, and save souls, not to legislate or establish rules of government or social behavior. 140:6.6
  • Michael completed the required experience in creature understanding to assume complete sovereignty and reveal God. 120:0.4 128:0.2-4
  • The mortal incarnation of Machiventa Melchizedek ended pretensions of Lucifer and greatly diminished his power to disturb human affairs. 66:8.5 120:2.2
  • Jesus came not to provide comfort and ease, but to proclaim spiritual liberty, teach eternal truth, and foster living faith. 153:2.6
  • The Bestowal Plan of Jesus is to reveal God and lead men to become Son-conscious. 7:4.5 126:3.10 127:0.1 127:6.16 136:9.6 140:7.4-6 176:2.3 186:2.11 186:5.6
  • The apostles may have misunderstood Jesus' teaching, but they understood the profound impact of his beautiful life. 140:7.8

Value of Jesus’ life | Paradise Sons of God:bestowals

  • The personality of the Eternal Son shines brightly only after spiritizing and ascending, as the Creator Son compensates for our inability to grasp Him. 6:8.6-7
  • The successive teachers of Israel accomplished the greatest feat in the evolution of religion ever to be effected on Urantia by transforming the barbaric concept of the savage demon Yahweh to the exalted concept of the loving and merciful Father of all mankind, which was later enlarged and amplified in the highest human visualization of the Universal Father through the teachings and life example of Jesus. 97:10.8
  • The fact of God becoming man has forever changed and altered all values of human personality, emphasizing mutual regard and intelligent action within the spiritual endowment of the mortal mind through sincere and unselfish love. 112:2.7
  • Jesus' earthly life serves as a fixed point for the anchor of time, while the Spirit of Truth guides the endless growth and expansion of his religion. 194:3.8
  • The effectiveness of the Spirit of Truth in sanctification is dependent on how fully one receives the substance of Jesus' life. 34:5.5
  • God's revelation in the life of Jesus transforms man into the likeness of God. 102:3.14 117:5.4
  • The gospel was founded on the fact of the life of Jesus, who declared to his chosen ambassadors the revelation of spiritual reality and divine sonship as the foundation of the kingdom of heaven, emphasizing the union of human nature with divine nature and commissioning them to love and serve all mankind in the living experience of the Father's love. (157:4.5,7) 157:5.1 191:5.3
  • The most valuable human knowledge lies in understanding and embodying the religious life and selfless service exemplified by Jesus. 196:1.3
  • Jesus' life reflects the attainable spiritual values created from his commonplace existence, now embodied in the inscrutable nature of his mighty personality. 109:6.6
  • Jesus’ life is the best revelation of God's nature and personality, serving as the ultimate demonstration of the potential of spirit personality in human experience. (1:6.3,8) 2:0.1-2 2:5.10 2:6.4 3:6.7 4:3.7 4:5.7 142:7.15 169:4.3-4 196:0.10
  • Jesus lived on Earth to inspire and liberate the spiritual nature of all beings across the universe for all time. 120:2.5-7 129:3.6 136:3.3 136:4.1 136:6.3 140:6.8 140:8.29 140:10.3 141:7.9 186:2.3 186:5.3 188:4.6-7
  • Jesus lived not as an example but as inspiration for all beings across the universe. 120:2.7 129:4.7 140:10.2-3 181:1.3 194:2.8
  • Jesus lived and embodied the saving truth with unfailing kindness and stalwart strength. 100:7.2
  • The beautiful expression of divinity found in the lives of bestowal Sons on earth reflects the attenuated and qualified nature of Paradise Deity for the understanding of evolving creatures of time and space. 116:2.3
  • Through the appropriation of the faith of Jesus, mortal man can foretaste in time the realities of eternity in the new and living way revealed by Jesus from man to God, from the partial to the perfect. 101:6.17 129:4.7 136:6.11 180:3.7 196:2.4
  • To truly grasp Jesus' teachings, one must look to his perfected life on Urantia, where his divine character and loving personality are most revealed. 140:8.19 149:2.1
  • What he revealed with his life
  • Jesus, the revelation of the highest religious living, taught that “God is love”, not fear or miracles. 92:1.5 102:8.7
  • Through Jesus, man discovers his truest self by reflecting the divine nature that was so imbued in Jesus' life, revealing man at his best to himself and others. 16:9.6
  • Jesus lived a life revealing submission to the Father's will, not to be imitated literally, but to convey essential truths about God and humanity. 194:2.8
  • In his life, Jesus revealed divinity to humanity and humanity to divinity, achieving a profound unity between man and God. 120:2.8 142:7.15 184:4.6 (186:2.9,11) 186:5.6
  • Meditating on the revelation of the merciful nature of the Eternal Son allows for a deeper understanding of His character. 7:7.6
  • The mortal destiny of Jesus on Earth is essential to understanding the evolution of a local universe. 32:2.13
  • Recognize your place in the family of divine sonship and avail yourselves of the advantages provided in and by the enhanced Paradise plan for mortal survival, illuminated by the life experience of a bestowal Son, ensuring your ultimate attainment of the goal of divine perfection. 40:10.14

Jesus and Sanhedrin

  • Jesus, accused of being in league with devils, artfully avoided unfair advantage over his enemies, ultimately turning their snare upon themselves in a manner that revealed the true authority behind his mission. 173:2.7
  • The Sanhedrin brought charges against Jesus for perverting the nation, inciting rebellion, and claiming to be a king. 184:3.9-12 184:5.2-5 185:2.10-13
  • The Sanhedrin unanimously decreed Jesus' death at midnight on April 4, A.D. 30, in response to his last appeal in the temple. 175:3.1

Second coming

  • The Nebadon Melchizedeks predict that significant changes will only occur in world administration upon Jesus' second coming. 114:7.16 176:2.4 194:4.5
  • Believers’ best attitude toward the possible return of the Son of Man is to continue their work with faith and dedication, ensuring continual spiritual growth and fruit-bearing in the Father's service. 176:3.3
  • Jesus' second coming will be discernible only by spiritual faith, as he promised to return in power and in the spirit. 176:2.4 (176:4.3,5)
  • The distorted teachings of the early Christians regarding Jesus' second coming were influenced by their belief in his imminent return to establish the kingdom. 170:2.10 181:0.1 (194:4.5,7) 196:2.5
  • Jesus' promise to return remains a mystery even to the angels in heaven. 20:4.5 37:3.4 52:7.1 93:10.8 114:1.4 119:8.8 142:7.3 170:4.15-16 171:8.3 (176:4.2-3,6)
  • The misconception that Jesus' second coming is related to the establishment of his kingdom led to the distortion of his teachings in the New Testament. 170:2.10 170:5.14
  • The timing of Jesus' second coming is known only on Paradise. (176:2.5,6) 176:4.3-7

Skills of Jesus

  • Jesus, skilled in animal husbandry, learned to care for animals and make cheese and weave before becoming an expert loom operator by the age of ten. 123:5.15
  • Jesus displayed exceptional financial acumen and astute business acumen in managing his father's estate, ensuring smooth economic affairs for the family. 126:2.7
  • Jesus' camel-driving abilities left Ganid in awe on their caravan trip to the ancient city of Ur. 133:9.1
  • By his fourteenth birthday, Jesus excelled in canvas and leather work, becoming a skilled yoke maker while also mastering carpentry and cabinetmaking. 126:1.1
  • Jesus of Nazareth, an expert carpenter and boatmaker, revolutionized the methods of boatbuilding with his innovative designs. 126:1.1 127:1.6 129:1.2-3
  • Before eight, Jesus was known for cheese-making skills; by ten, he was already an expert loom operator. 123:5.15
  • Jesus became an expert fisherman before attaining manhood, impressing his uncle during a two-month fishing experience on the Sea of Galilee. 124:2.7 129:1.5
  • Jesus, an accomplished harpist at eleven, exchanged dairy products for harp lessons and fostered a love for music among his peers. 123:6.5
  • Jesus displayed his skills of interpreting and translating during his time with the merchant and bankers who wanted to support a new school, but ultimately chose not to accept their offer due to his prior obligations and mission on earth. 128:4.2 130:0.5
  • Jesus became an expert loom operator before he was ten years of age. 123:5.15
  • Jesus honed his metal working skills during his time at the caravan repair shop in Sepphoris. 128:2.3
  • Jesus honed his mining skills while working in the mineral mines of Iron, where his healing ministry also brought relief to the sick and afflicted. 146:4.2
  • Jesus, fluent in Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew, began his formal education at seven, mastering languages and scriptural teachings. 123:2.14 123:3.1 123:5.1-6 130:0.4
  • Jesus captivated his companions with his masterful storytelling and musical talent as he shared tales of his early life in Galilee, revealing a depth beyond his rearing in Galilee rather than Jerusalem or Damascus. 126:2.6 130:7.1
  • Jesus honed his skills as a tentmaker in Antioch, where he lived and observed human existence for over two months, ministering, studying, and learning from those around him. 134:7.3
  • Jesus, skilled in yoke making, became an expert carpenter and cabinetmaker by his fourteenth birthday. 124:1.7 126:1.1

Spiritual accomplishments

  • Jesus achieved all of sonship we will one day attain, paving the way for us to become perfect like our Father in heaven. 142:7.13
  • Jesus achieved status of light and life on Urantia, transcending environmental limitations and advancing personal attainment. 55:11.7
  • Jesus spiritual accomplishments include all power given to him, not for glorification but for humble obedience to execute the Father's will on earth. 138:7.1
  • Jesus broke the hold of sin and evil through his personal love, offering freedom to choose a better path and promising a triumphant future through forgiveness and divine love. 188:5.3
  • Jesus' spiritual accomplishments divested Caligastia of all authority, curtailing his power to disturb human affairs and ultimately shoring him of any authority on Urantia. 66:8.5
  • Jesus' spiritual accomplishments are profound, having been “in all points tried and tested” throughout his earthly life, embodying the understanding and sympathy of a sovereign and friend to all beings in the universe. 119:3.7 119:4.4 119:5.2 119:6.6 124:1.1 126:3.14 126:5.9 127:0.2-3 127:1.7 127:5.4 127:6.13-16 128:0.1 128:1 129:4.3-5
  • Christ Michael's 4th epochal revelation on Urantia centered on the concept of God as the Universal Father, emphasizing love, service, and worship. 92:4.8

Writings

  • Jesus established a secret pact with his brother James, which they later signed, entrusting him with full financial responsibility for the family in exchange for the repair shop. 128:7.13
  • Jesus' writings were destroyed after his baptism in his childhood home, leaving his companions bewildered but deeply impressed by his actions. 137:2.9
  • Jesus left no permanent writings, but his teachings were bequeathed to the universe as an inspirational and idealistic legacy for spiritual guidance and moral instruction. 136:4.2 140:8.29 159:4.7
  • Jesus, writing in the sand before Hildana's husband, arranged for a speedy departure and the woman's final redemption. 162:3.5
  • Despite the persistent efforts of a merchant who wished to see Jesus become the headmaster of a school, Jesus refused to accept the offered honor and took his leave after completing some translation work. He knew that his mission on earth was not to be supported by institutions of learning. 128:4.2

What Jesus asks of us

  • Establishing personal and eternal relationship with Jesus takes precedence over all other human relationships, offering spiritual joy, divine communion, and eternal life. 141:7.5
  • The religion of Jesus emphasizes living the spiritual reality of his gospel, over the accumulation of doctrines and dogmas about him from centuries of religious evolution. 94:12.7 128:4.6 138:6.3 192:4.7-8 195:4.4 195:10.15 196:1.2 196:2.1
  • The apostles believed Jesus was not only the Son of Man, but also the Son of God, recognizing his unquestioned divinity. 157:5.1 161:2.10
  • Believers are destined to attain perfection in Jesus, the divine Son who comprehends and embodies perfection. 142:7.15
  • Jesus chose his “birthday text from Isaiah” to guide him throughout his teachings, emphasizing liberty, comfort, and salvation for all who seek righteousness. 97:5.3 123:5.11 126:5.2 148:5.5 150:8.9 190:5.4
  • Through his teachings, Jesus can bestow eternal life upon those who believe in him and know God as the only true Father. 182:1.3
  • During solitary communion with God, Jesus made great decisions that would shape his earthly mission, seeking wisdom and strength for the challenges ahead. 136:4.10 144:1.8 145:5.1-2 147:0.1 148:3 151:0.1 151:5.1 152:4.1 152:5.5 153:5.2 158:1.6 160:1.10-12 160:3.1 163:6.1
  • Jesus' unique performances were possible because he could, at will, self-limit his divinity consciousness. 161:3.2-3
  • The divine nature of Jesus is the foundation upon which he will build the brotherhood of the kingdom of heaven, revealing the spirit of the Father to all who enter the bonds of this spiritual fellowship. (157:4.5,7) 157:5.1 191:5.3
  • Do not depict Jesus as a man of sorrows, but rather as a source of joy, good will, and inspiration that transforms and brings happiness to all who embrace his teachings. 159:3.10
  • Jesus obtained his real education by mingling with his fellow men, thoroughly understanding and loving them, which ultimately prepared him for his life's work as a public teacher of truth. 123:5.8 124:3.3 124:4.1 125:2.12 126:5.2 128:2.5 128:3.4 129:1.7 129:3.7-8 130:0.5-6 132:4.1 134:0.1 134:7.3
  • Jesus is either what he professes or the greatest hypocrite. 161:2.4
  • Everyone yielding to Adjuster eventually comes to the true bread of life, Jesus. (153:2.8,11)
  • The teachings of Jesus foretold the destruction of Jerusalem with great emotion and tearful voice, warning of the impending doom for rejecting the Son of Peace and the gospel of salvation. 172:3.10 176:0.1 176:1 176:2.6 178:3.3-4 187:1.5-7
  • The guardianship of Jesus by Adjuster and seraphim was destined to rest in their keeping throughout his human life, from his thirteenth year to his baptism, with only these celestial personalities guiding him up to his final mortal struggle alone. 123:2.2 128:1.9 134:8.2 136:2.3
  • Jesus' hard sayings were personal expressions of faith and devotion rather than strict commands, reflecting his unwavering dedication to doing his Father's will. 196:2.7
  • He who believes in Jesus has eternal life, for the Father in heaven gives not the spirit by measure to his own Son. 135:11.2 (153:2.9,11)
  • He who has seen a Creator Son has seen the Father. 32:3.6 157:6.13 180:3.9 180:6.8 181:2.20
  • He who rejects Jesus rejects the Father; preach the kingdom of heaven and minister to all, for those who hear you hear Him who sent you. 158:8.1 163:1.4
  • The modern age demands a rediscovery of the real life and teachings of Jesus to bring Christianity into alignment with truth, beauty, and goodness. 195:9.5 195:10.1
  • Jesus, a combination of humanity and divinity, self-limited his divine consciousness to undergo earthly experiences, all while displaying extraordinary compassion, wisdom, and perfect righteousness in his interactions with humanity. 154:6.10 161:2-3 167:4.2 168:1.6-7
  • Exchange your human mind for the mind of Jesus, who always serves you well, as he humbly lived his human life in the natural flow of existence. 48:6.26 128:1.6
  • For information on Jesus' “brotherhood of believers,” see the links “faith sons of God” and “fellowship of believers” | faith sons of God; fellowship of believers
  • Let the mind in Christ also be in us through the consciousness of other-mindness. 102:4.1
  • When Jesus is lifted up, he will draw all men to himself, offering life that is more than age-abiding. 157:6.10 162:5.4 174:5.13 188:5.10 195:10.1
  • The Spirit of Truth helps believers witness to Jesus' teachings and his life, living anew in each spirit-filled believer. 194:2.6 194:3.1
  • The teachings of Jesus are most needed now to bring about a spiritual revival and transformation in modern culture. 195:10.1
  • Jesus answered Thomas: “I am the way, the truth, and the life - no man goes to the Father except through me.” 180:3.7
  • Through the teachings of Jesus, we understand that he has the power to lay down his life and take it up again, given to him by the Father before the world was. 165:2.10
  • The teachings of Jesus unify life, ennoble character, and simplify experience, transforming and transfiguring those who have him within them. 100:7.18
  • Jesus declared that the works he did in his Father's name bore witness for him, attracting only those who hungered for truth and thirsted for righteousness. 164:5.2-3 180:3.9
  • The teachings of Jesus involve working together with us to spread the love of God and serve others, resulting in divine joy. 180:1.4

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MarkElizabeth (mother of John the Baptist)ElmanElohimEmmausEmotionsEn-GannimEnd of the worldEndantumEnds versus meansEnemiesEnemyEnergy transformersEnochEnthusiasmEnvironmentEnvyEphesusEpicurean teacher in CorinthEpilepticsEqualityErrorEstaEternal lifeEternal SonEthicsEuropeEvangelistsEveEvilEvolutionExampleExcommunicationExodusExperienceExploitationEyesEzra (disciple of John)Ezra of NazarethEzra of SyracuseFair HavensFairnessFaithFamilyFamily of GodFamineFarmFastingFatalismFather MelchizedekFathersFather’s businessFather’s houseFavoritismFearFeeding the 5000FeetFellowship of believersFestsFieldsFightingFireFishFishermenFlatteryFlaviusFleshFoodForceForgivenessFortuneForty daysFoxesFraudFriendshipFruitFruit vendor of MessinaFruits of the spiritFusionGabrielGadaraGaddaGadiahGaiusGalileeGamalaGamalielGanidGazaGebaGeneral councilGeneticsGeniusGennesaretGeographyGerasaGethsemaneGhostsGiftsGilboaGileadGischalaGloryGnatsGodGolden ruleGonodGood SamaritanGood 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